White House officials said the president’s reversal, a major policy shift, extended only to what they characterized as acts of self-defense so that Ukraine could protect Kharkiv, its second-largest city.
  • Hegar@kbin.social
    185·
    1 month ago

    Obviously there’s a proxy war between russia and the west in ukraine, but I don’t think the US wants a long attritional war.

    They could have done more to not end up in one, but I think escalation management really is driving a lot of decisions in washington.

    • Triasha@lemmy.world
      31·
      30 days ago

      Yeah, they probably told the Russians they were going to greenlight the Ukrainians way before they told the Ukrainians.

      Which is tooth grindingly frustrating, but I can’t fault Biden for his efforts to avoid nuclear exchange.