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Biden: Putin Has Already Lost the War in Ukraine [1]
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Date: 2023-07-13
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You've said that Ukraine shouldn't enter NAITO until after the war is over. Are you concerned at all that those comments could motivate Putin to keep the war going or discourage them from from entering peace negotiations? And is there a serious risk at this war could drag on for years? And do you see any path toward the war ending with Putin still in power? First of all, no one can join naito while the war a war is going on. We're NATO nations being attacked because that guarantees that we're in a war. We're in a third world war, so that it's not about whether or not they should or shouldn't join. It's about when they can join and they will join they on the issue of whether or not this is going to keep Putin from continuing to fight. The answer is Putin has already lost the war. Putin has a real problem. How does he move from here? What does he do? And so the idea that there's going to be what vehicle is used, he could end the war tomorrow. He could just say, I'm out. But what the agreement is ultimately reached depends upon Putin's and what he decides to. But there is no possibility of him winning the war in Ukraine. He's already lost that war. Imagine if even anyway, he's already lost that war. And just on the question of of a concern about going on for years, is there a possibility that there's a stalemate? The question of whether the war could go on for years, is there a possibility there's a stalemate that can continue for quite some time? Well, I don't think the war can go on for years for two reasons. Number one, I don't think that the Russians could could maintain the war forever. Number one, in terms of their resources and capacity. Number two, I think that there is going to be a circumstance where eventually President Putin's going to decide it's not in the interest of Russia economically, politically or otherwise, to continue this war. But I can't predict exactly how that happens. My hope is in my expectation is you'll see that Ukraine makes significant progress on their offensive and that it generates in a negotiated settlement somewhere along the line.
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