My Sunday column: How to Retreat From Ukraine: nytimes.com/2022/01/22/opi…
@DouthatNYT Unfortunate article. NATO enlargement is not an offensive or aggressive act. It is the voluntary decision of sovereign countries reacting to Kremlin bullying. Also, we know that Putin is never satisfied with agreements. He lies pushes & for more. Only deterrence works.
@john_sipher @DouthatNYT “He lies pushes & for more.” If Republicans were polled, I think Putin could handily beat Ron DeSantis and probably be within striking distance of Trump. He’s got the right stuff.
@ExGOPer @john_sipher @DouthatNYT They did poll Republicans on Putin and he came out more popular than Biden dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
@DatFishGuy @john_sipher @DouthatNYT Of course. Because Republicans stopped pretending they cared about democratic institutions long ago.