that has evolved as the nature of this conflict has evolved. so these are iterative discussions. i think we ve proven time and again that nothing is insurmountable and if it s something we re in a position to provide. so it s not off the table is what i m hearing you say. what about what that adviser to president zelenskyy told erin, that he believes this war could end in six months? does the state department view it that way? we certainly hope this war could end much sooner than that. the fact is putin started this war almost exactly one year ago today. he could choose to end this war today. he could choose to end this war tomorrow, but this rayle boils down to a simple truth. that s the fact that if russia were to stop fighting today, the war would end. if ukraine were to stop fighting today, ukraine would end. tas why it s so important for
will have another view about this and other generals i view about what the likely future holds for the conflict itself. but joe biden, again, was defiant. he was a forceful and taken great care not to involve america in direct conflict with russia. but in the indirect conflict playing out for the last 11 months he s been perfectly willing to take on vladimir putin and did it again today. yeah, and is perfectly willing to say we are in this sandbox with ukraine. it may not be our war but we re directly there. general mccaffrey, let s ask you this. joe biden said something to the effect if russia were to stop fighting today, the war would end. if ukraine were to stop fighting today, ukraine would end. he was making the argument this
we respond in terms of what they decide to do with taiwan, and north korea about south korea, we had a hearing today in the foreign relations committee. all about russian aggression. and the bottom line is, russia is not going to stop until they are stopped and that means vladimir putin ukrainian people have put forth a plan for peace. what we know is if russians stopped fighting today, the war would be over. john: also the thought that they would regroup and resupply and go back. if the ukrainians stop fighting today, ukraine would be over. john: no question about that. you said to the point i was making, the world was watching, it was a point while we were listening to trey yingst fine report. curious why we decided to send abrams, and congressman nehls says it does not make sense, you
significant costs and consequences that you have seen the united states and dozens of countries around the world across four continents come to fulfill. we have done all of those things. so the fact that russia is now claiming any degree of surprise or warning of escalation, we think that is quite rich. here s the facts, wolf. it is russia that started this war. it is russia that can end this war. if ukraine stopped fighting today, there would be no ukraine. there would be no democratic sovereign independent country of ukraine. if russia stopped fighting today, the war would end and lives would be saved. that is our goal, to bring this war to an end, to diminish the violence, and to save lives. what kind of assurances, ned, exactly, has the u.s. received from ukraine that these new u.s. weapons systems won t be used to hit targets within russian territory? the president said the other day that he doesn t want u.s. supplied weapons to launch at targets inside russia.
this country back together with just standing for hope and integrity and truth. he s gonna have to fight. and he came out fighting today. he was swinging at donald trump. he was reminding everyone what a bad guy this was, and what he has done to our country, the permanent damage. and i have got to tell you, the hardest thing for me in the year since this happened is the abject failure of smart, strong republicans on capitol hill their failure to stand up for what s right. when mccarthy ran down to mar-a-lago and tried to kiss and make up, and when mcconnell decided it was better the try to forget about it than to appoint a commission that would be bipartisan and maybe have more of a lasting impact than the 1/6 committee when those moments came, they passed.