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| By Austin Sarat |
| "So it was not surprising that in his Saturday speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Trump trimmed his sails a bit. He still insisted that Putin was 'smart' while trying to pin the blame for what the Russian leader did on the Biden administration. 'The problem is not that Putin is smart, which, of course, he's smart,' Trump said. 'The problem is that our leaders are dumb ... and so far, allowed him to get away with this travesty and assault on humanity.'" |
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| By Carli Pierson |
| "The president's social media posts of himself, and with his advisers, have caught the world's attention. No longer dressed in the blue and gray suits of bureaucrats, Zelenskyy now makes his appearances in green fatigues. The message is clear: He is battle-ready. While many wondered whether the president would survive the night as Russia bombarded the country's capitol, Saturday morning Zelenskyy appeared in a self-filmed video in Kyiv telling the world that he doesn't want to flee his country." |
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| By Rita Zenchuk |
| "I decided to bring my kids to Berlin to my sister since now they are very stressed and worried. Yaryna, my 18-year-old says she'll go back. She was volunteering and really enjoyed our crowded dinners. We easily passed the Ukranian-Hungarian border in 40 minutes. After stories of staying 60 hours at the border. It was easy and fast. Right away we were put on a bus and taken to the local school. I would like to praise the local volunteers. They gave us shelter and food right away!" |
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| By Carli Pierson |
| "Pavliuk is not a solider, but he does have a military background. In 2015, he was an intelligence volunteer in the war in Eastern Ukraine. And yet, this is what Ukraine has become – a country where internationally acclaimed artists are forced to kiss their children goodnight before they go off to defend their homeland from the occupying force. But it is because of people like Pavliuk that Russian troops are finding their ambitions thwarted." |
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| By Editorial Board members |
| Eileen Rivers: "As a veteran, my heart is breaking for the men and women in uniform who may be thrown into yet another conflict. After 20 years of fighting in Afghanistan, the nation is war-weary, and its troops are suffering. Proof: the suicide rate among veterans in 2019 was exponentially higher than the rate among non-veterans. Barely six months out of Afghanistan, Biden has sent 7,000 troops to Germany. He has repositioned others in Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Romania. We don't have a draft in this country, but we use our forces as if we do." |
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| By Austin Bogues interviews retired Gen. Wesley K. Clark |
| "Q. What is Putin's next move after it appears his initial efforts have been stymied to seize the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv? |
| "A. He is going to bring in more forces. This far he has used 'forward detachments' to probe Ukrainian defenses and attempt to coerce the government to surrender. It hasn't worked. Now he is bringing his main force forward, along with Belorussian forces. He will probably intensify his air activity and use heavy artillery strikes." |
 | | Marc Murphy, USA TODAY Network | | USA TODAY Network | |
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| By James S. Robbins |
| "But nearly a week into the conflict, Ukraine still stands. The Ukrainians are fighting back more determinedly than Moscow expected. Scrappy Ukraine army defenders have slowed Russia's advance on Kyiv. Citizen militia groups have taken up arms to defend their communities. A U.S. Defense official noted that events had unfolded "not quite the way that they (Moscow) had anticipated." |
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| By David Rothkopf |
| "Many, including Putin, wrongly assumed the West would not come together to stand up to his threats. As he did, they predicted that the United States, in retreat since the catastrophe of Iraq and bitterly divided politically, would be too weak to effectively assume the role of leader. As he did, they anticipated that Ukraine would be unable to resist the onslaught of Putin's massive, vaunted armed forces." |
 | | Mike Thompson, USA TODAY | | USA TODAY | |
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| By Connie Schultz |
| "One does not equal the other. Violent insurgents attacked our U.S. Capitol, but Ukrainians' entire homeland is under siege. My friends and my students, we talk about this: How can we not have this conversation about what it takes to protect our democracy? How do we not wonder out loud how this deeply divided country would respond? We couldn't even unite about a vaccine." |
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| By David Mastio |
| "He agreed to allow Germany to go ahead with the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that would have made Europe more dependent on Russia for its energy supplies. Western leaders knew it was a bad idea in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2014. Dependence on Russia made it impossible for Western leaders to agree on tough sanctions after the first invasion. Vladimir Putin was watching. |
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