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short-to-intermediate range missiles in range of the territory and so on. that nato shouldn t deploy forces to member states that joined nato after 1997, that it shouldn t conduct military exercises in those states. in effect what putin is trying to do, what his demands amount to, is re-create really the old soviet sphere influence in eastern europe and render it after the cold war a dead letter. there s no way that joe biden, even if he s in full appeasement mode, can agree to all of this. there may be a few things they can agree to but a very small proportion of what russia s demanding that s really viable. that means i think putin s set these negotiations up to fail. that s why i think military action is more likely than they re suggesting. i m not saying russian tanks