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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>< </b>And his second point is that given the balance of our actions and inactions in Ukraine, we created this outcome. We encouraged the Ukrainians to thumb their noses at Russia and pursue integration with Europe. ><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If they want that, they can want that. If the US or the EU are prepared to support them in that goal, then we should be ready to pay that cost. If we aren\u2019t prepared for the costs, then just state that directly. If we are prepared
to some of the cost by donating arms, then we can say that is our intent. I don\u2019t see a lot of evidence of deception here. What I remember is Zelensky bending over backward to persuade Trump to give them the Javelins and Trump screwing him over. And
it looks to me like they were well received. <a href="https://www.saintjavelin.com/">
https://www.saintjavelin.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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