E.J. Dionne Jr.

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I think we are going to deeply regret this war precisely because of how he handled it.

I mean, I think the idea wasn't good in the first place, but he made it so much worse.

This war will raise questions about our lack of staying power in the world.

He goes back and forth to the point where even the Iranians sound like political commentators when they say –

Oh, he's saying this stuff about negotiations because he's worried about the markets and oil prices.

He's creating all this division and alienation among our allies that we're going to talk about.

He's strengthening Russia by lifting those sanctions.

He's taking everybody's eyes off Ukraine, which is what I think we should be in the middle of.