ukraine which is free, resisting russian aggression and most important, reforming itself and turning itself into a democratic europeanizing state. that s not inevitable but it is possible. we ought to be leaning into that because such a ukraine would be really good for us, as well as the ukrainians. we shouldn t be destroying our political capital in partisan fights that we export to them. there s also another point of tension here at the united nations general assembly and kristen will kerr alluded to it. iran s president has ruled out any find of face-to-face talks. it seems wildly unlikely that any of that is going to happen. should it? take a step back. what is it we actually want from iran? is it regime change? that was john bolton, he s gone. is it an end to all of iran s bad behavior? that was secretary pompeo on the talk shows yesterday. or is it an end to iran s