Obama has admitted his failure in Iran, but what of Crimea? What of Syria? Worse, why make the same mistakes again now? He's more subtle, of course, but his comments about limits are the same vein of appeasement as Musk's.
Putin is bragging about attacks on Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure, acts of terror. Resolve and deterrence are required, not preemptive self-deterrence that convinces Putin he can get away with even the unimaginable.
Saying Ukraine's defense cannot be allowed to expand into a war with NATO is absurd when Putin already launched that war, long ago. Ignoring it in 2014 didn't make it go away. There's no guarantee of security, but appeasement guarantees escalation.
Putin has shown over and over that he talks big against strength but only acts against weakness. Russia is waging a war of extermination and is preparing new attacks on Kyiv and the north. Stop lecturing Ukraine about limits and stop Putin.
Iran is now an active participant in the murder of Ukrainian civilians. Where are the red lines, this time to be enforced? Are Iranian drone factories underground with its nuclear program? It's a war, and pretending it's not is how you lose.
The West has overwhelming advantages but, as in 2014, is rushing to take things off the table to reassure terrorist dictatorships they are free to escalate when they like. They are afraid of victory and so guarantee more conflict, more deaths.
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