now to make ukraine a nation, which arguably in some ways it wasn t before, uniting ukraine. he has also given nato a reason to exist. some now feel as this escalates that he may just be the reason that germany moves from this very tortured past, from a past where it was on the wrong side of history and had struggled with leading in any way with military power, moving perhaps into a future that is different. so it s possible that putin ironically perhaps might be achieving just that. there s certainly signs that the position is hardening now. andrey, what do you think it would take for the russian government to deescalate? because as natallya was saying there have been efforts to negotiate between ukraine and russia, the youk neens believe the russians are making no concessions. the americans have held out the prospect of diplomacy. why is it that, you know, even though there does seem some
way with what he s doing right now to make ukraine a nation, which arguably in some ways it wasn t before, uniting ukraine. he has also given nato a reason to exist. some now feel as this escalates that he may just be the reason that germany moves from this very tortured past, from a past where it was on the wrong side of history and had struggled with leading in any way with military power, moving perhaps into a future that is different. so it s possible that putin ironically perhaps might be achieving just that. there s certainly signs that the position is hardening now. andrey, what do you think it would take for the russian government to deescalate? because as natallya was saying there have been efforts to negotiate between ukraine and russia, the ukrainians believe the russians are making no concessions. the americans have held out the prospect of diplomacy. why is it that, you know, even
always be possible. western societies and their political leaders have become quite understandably deeply averse to casualties amongst our armed forces. this is not a problem of the armed forces themselves who are brave and extraordinary people, but it is now an overwhelming political constraint to any commitment to western boots on the ground, and special forces. yet the problem this gives rise to is obvious. if the enemy we are fighting knows the more casualties they inflict, the more our political will erodes, then the incentive structure is plain. there is an additional challenge for europe and nato. it is clear now, if it wasn t before, that america has decided that for the foreseeable future, it
it s the delta variant and how contagious it is and where the delta variant is running rampant which is are unvaccinated pockets of the country in the south and west, rural areas that largely are republican areas, polling suggests it s republicans who are indeed spectacle of the vaccine, flat out refusing to take it. i think that the sheer danger imposed by the delta variant, how contagious it is forcing republican political leaders like steve scalise one and important conservative voices like sean hannity to say, look, this is serious now. this is really life or death. not that it wasn t before, mind you. but i think it s the urgency of the delta variant that changed their rhetoric. there are still very prominent conservative voices like tucker carlson who are still skeptical of the vaccine and still loudest republican voice of all, donald trump, his encouragement for the vaccine is sporadic. he does now finally in his speeches mention the importance of the vaccine, it s never been a
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