From the article:
“Both Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III and Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have warned their Russian counterparts in recent telephone calls that any swift Russian victory in Ukraine would probably be followed by a bloody insurgency similar to the one that drove the Soviet Union from Afghanistan. In discussions with allies, senior Biden officials have also made clear that the C.I.A. (covertly) and the Pentagon (overtly) would both seek to help any Ukrainian insurgency.”
What did Russia/the Soviets EVER do for us when we could have used their cooperation? Intelligence on the Tarnov brothers? Perhaps. Carter cancelled the Neutron bomb. Give it to Ukraine.