[Nextrush]

It’s all about making his response to Ukraine look like its working and achieving results when it means nothing.

Ukraine is being forced in the end to cut a deal with Putin and Russia and Biden wants to find some way to claim victory in the face of that endgame.

[marcusmaximus]

Biden can try to take credit but it’s not going to work.

[LouieFisk]

“Ukraine is being forced in the end to cut a deal with Putin and Russia and Biden wants to find some way to claim victory in the face of that endgame.”
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Russia will let Z have some face-saving in the end mix, too.

But I suspect the longer it takes Z to surrender (it’ll be a rose by any other name instead of “surrender”) the less face they’ll let him save.