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The Biden administration botches relations with Russia while its experts tell each other flattering fictionsVladimir Putin doesn’t need to send troops into Ukraine. He has already achieved his strategic goals — for now.The leading European Union powers, France and Germany, are competing against each other for Putin’s ear, while Britain is competing against them by shipping arms to Ukraine. The United States is exposed as an unreliable protector, unable to defend its overextended position on Russia’s doorstep in Ukraine. NATO is divided and powerless, a shadow of imperial overreach.A decrepit caste of corrupt leaders is incapable of managing a controlled...