Michael Weiss

Whether or not this is a hiccup that gets adapted and goes away on the Russian side, or whether or not it's indicative of something more systemic and problematic in their war machinery, I don't know. But it seems like now's the time to pause and maybe wait and find out. before we start giving the store away for free. And, you know, keep in mind, Putin doesn't just want a U.S.

Whether or not this is a hiccup that gets adapted and goes away on the Russian side, or whether or not it's indicative of something more systemic and problematic in their war machinery, I don't know. But it seems like now's the time to pause and maybe wait and find out. before we start giving the store away for free. And, you know, keep in mind, Putin doesn't just want a U.S.

president to say Ukraine will not be a NATO. Biden kind of sort of came close, and before the full-scale invasion, that administration was essentially offering that to the Russian side as a way to deter or stop them from invading. Putin has been around long enough, several presidents on the American side.

president to say Ukraine will not be a NATO. Biden kind of sort of came close, and before the full-scale invasion, that administration was essentially offering that to the Russian side as a way to deter or stop them from invading. Putin has been around long enough, several presidents on the American side.

president to say Ukraine will not be a NATO. Biden kind of sort of came close, and before the full-scale invasion, that administration was essentially offering that to the Russian side as a way to deter or stop them from invading. Putin has been around long enough, several presidents on the American side.

He wants a treaty, which means he wants it ratified by Congress that essentially Russia gets a veto on NATO expansion, that they will not incorporate more countries. That's not going to happen in Congress, even under this current GOP, right? But suddenly, you know, we are... bending over backwards to try and convince the Russians that Ukraine will not be in NATO ever. We shouldn't be doing that.

He wants a treaty, which means he wants it ratified by Congress that essentially Russia gets a veto on NATO expansion, that they will not incorporate more countries. That's not going to happen in Congress, even under this current GOP, right? But suddenly, you know, we are... bending over backwards to try and convince the Russians that Ukraine will not be in NATO ever. We shouldn't be doing that.

He wants a treaty, which means he wants it ratified by Congress that essentially Russia gets a veto on NATO expansion, that they will not incorporate more countries. That's not going to happen in Congress, even under this current GOP, right? But suddenly, you know, we are... bending over backwards to try and convince the Russians that Ukraine will not be in NATO ever. We shouldn't be doing that.

We should be using the very kind of slowness of our own political machinery as an advantage on our side of the ledger. We're not doing that either. So it's a very bizarre kind of time to sort of insist that Ukraine be wrapped up here. The third point I should make And this comes right from the mind of Tucker Carlson, who has made a few trips to Russia.

We should be using the very kind of slowness of our own political machinery as an advantage on our side of the ledger. We're not doing that either. So it's a very bizarre kind of time to sort of insist that Ukraine be wrapped up here. The third point I should make And this comes right from the mind of Tucker Carlson, who has made a few trips to Russia.

We should be using the very kind of slowness of our own political machinery as an advantage on our side of the ledger. We're not doing that either. So it's a very bizarre kind of time to sort of insist that Ukraine be wrapped up here. The third point I should make And this comes right from the mind of Tucker Carlson, who has made a few trips to Russia.

It is absolutely one of the demands of the Kremlin, is that Ukraine have elections. They do not want Zelensky, the wartime president, to remain wartime president.

It is absolutely one of the demands of the Kremlin, is that Ukraine have elections. They do not want Zelensky, the wartime president, to remain wartime president.

It is absolutely one of the demands of the Kremlin, is that Ukraine have elections. They do not want Zelensky, the wartime president, to remain wartime president.

They think, and this I think is more suggestive of how the Russians completely misread the Ukrainian body politic, which landed them in this mess of invading when they thought the entire population would greet them as liberators and go over to their side.

They think, and this I think is more suggestive of how the Russians completely misread the Ukrainian body politic, which landed them in this mess of invading when they thought the entire population would greet them as liberators and go over to their side.

They think, and this I think is more suggestive of how the Russians completely misread the Ukrainian body politic, which landed them in this mess of invading when they thought the entire population would greet them as liberators and go over to their side.

They think that they can install through their bag of dirty tricks, election interference, political warfare, a more pliant asset in Kyiv who will certify any deal that essentially seeds the sovereignty of the country over to Russia. Zelensky is still, I think, the most favored candidate in whatever polling is being conducted now.

They think that they can install through their bag of dirty tricks, election interference, political warfare, a more pliant asset in Kyiv who will certify any deal that essentially seeds the sovereignty of the country over to Russia. Zelensky is still, I think, the most favored candidate in whatever polling is being conducted now.

They think that they can install through their bag of dirty tricks, election interference, political warfare, a more pliant asset in Kyiv who will certify any deal that essentially seeds the sovereignty of the country over to Russia. Zelensky is still, I think, the most favored candidate in whatever polling is being conducted now.