some kind of negotiated end to this war. a negotiated settlement or whatever you want to call it with vladimir putin. do you think that s an actual viable pathway here or magical thinking? well gillian, the only way ukraine can have a favorable outcome to this war is if it puts enough battlefield pressure on russia that has a upper hand in such negotiations. end the war or give ukraine nor leverage at negotiations. what we haven t heard is helping ukraine win the war. in fact, it seems like win and victory have been purged from joe biden and the administration s vocabulary and why i welcome the announcement of these new heavy weapons that have we will send to ukraine. i am worried that like abraham lincoln once said joe biden has a case of the slows. what we re doing now we should
the purpose of the deployment of these air assets in syria is to help prop up assad because the assad government has been facing increased battlefield pressure not only from isis but al nusra and what s left of the moderate syrian opposition. but it s not as the president seems to believe because russia s coming from a position of weakness. i think russia understands that this is a moment of opportunity for them. they can prop up the assad regime. they can help iran. they can expand russia s influence all across the middle east, indeed challenging the united states for dominance in the region. not because of syria s weakness or russia s weakness or iran s weakness but because of barack obama s weakness. well, how can you explain, then, ambassador, what the president told us that it s putin who s weak and in a corner by doing this? because i think he s living in a parallel universe. it s been the president s policy