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Thank you for recognizing this truth. It has been a true failure of framing this conflict to the public.

My $0.02, this is as much the fault of politicians as it is media. I’m a Biden supporter and he is certainly been the preferable leader when the alternative is Trump. He’s done a fine job of holding the Western alliance together and offering Ukraine enough support to hold on.

But Biden has truly failed to properly frame this struggle in the urgent terms it deserves.

The whole “wait out the West” narrative has been floating for years now when it could have been put to bed with some dramatic leadership demonstrating the critical nature of this conflict. And also contesting the Russia-driven narratives in the media.

Biden trying to turn down the temperature on domestic politics while well meaning has caused real weakness and confusion.

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