MSNBC Deadline White House March 8, 2022 22:19:00
Impediment here, nicole, and that's we have decision paralysis that's creeping in. part of that was defeatism early on in that ukraine wouldn't be able to survive, so why risk a potential for a wider confrontation between nato and ukraine? there's still some residue from that defeatism. that ukraine has overwhelming odds, even though they've been performing masterfully, and why risk a wider confrontation? that's on the premise that somehow ukraine folds, ukraine loses, and there's no need to bear that risk. in reality, this is likely to grind on, and the fear of a russian escalation is totally...
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