I agree with your analysis, Mr. Beinart. I find myself occupying a relatively small space when it comes to this war. I reject the hard left's Greenwaldian contempt for the very idea of picking sides against Russia. But I also oppose the hubristic, ill-advised triumphalism that, depressingly, has emerged as a dynamic restorative of US bip…
I agree with your analysis, Mr. Beinart. I find myself occupying a relatively small space when it comes to this war. I reject the hard left's Greenwaldian contempt for the very idea of picking sides against Russia. But I also oppose the hubristic, ill-advised triumphalism that, depressingly, has emerged as a dynamic restorative of US bipartisanism in foreign policy.
Russia has already lost: such an outcome is realistically baked into the cake, and the only questions are just how bad Putin's defeat is, and just how gravely weakened Russia is when the dust has settled.
It would be advisable for the US and NATO (and Ukraine) to pocket that win in the context of an off-ramp for Putin. There are myriad dangers flowing from the ongoing conflict, not the least of which is a dangerous destabilization of the strategic situation.
Thanks. I agree with you that we need to keep an off-ramp open for Putin and it worries me while Zelensky has done that to some degree, the Biden administration hasn't
I agree with your analysis, Mr. Beinart. I find myself occupying a relatively small space when it comes to this war. I reject the hard left's Greenwaldian contempt for the very idea of picking sides against Russia. But I also oppose the hubristic, ill-advised triumphalism that, depressingly, has emerged as a dynamic restorative of US bipartisanism in foreign policy.
Russia has already lost: such an outcome is realistically baked into the cake, and the only questions are just how bad Putin's defeat is, and just how gravely weakened Russia is when the dust has settled.
It would be advisable for the US and NATO (and Ukraine) to pocket that win in the context of an off-ramp for Putin. There are myriad dangers flowing from the ongoing conflict, not the least of which is a dangerous destabilization of the strategic situation.
Thanks. I agree with you that we need to keep an off-ramp open for Putin and it worries me while Zelensky has done that to some degree, the Biden administration hasn't