Ron DeSantis is flat out wrong on Ukraine
and the role US should play
Posted By: Ida Lou Pino, 3/15/2023 9:23:36 AM
After months of near-silence and innuendo, Florida Gov. and GOP presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis decided to speak about Ukraine, removing all doubt about his position. While his statement on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show makes a handful of valid points, it is ridden with a fundamental misunderstanding of the war and US geopolitical interests. First, the good. DeSantis is correct to criticize the Biden administration’s lack of clear objectives in its support for “as long as it takes,” which is a recipe for a long and intractable conflict — which Americans would be right to reject.
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Murdoch's New York Post has gone Full Kristol. War at any price! Even if it means bleeding our country dry - - to support a totalitarian thug like Zelenskyyyyyy.