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Today, I want to talk about Ukraine.

Over the past few weeks, the United States of America

has reversed course on the Russian invasion of Ukraine in multiple ways, siding with Russia in a

United Nations resolution, freezing aid to Ukraine in its defense against Russian forces,

and hosting a televised Oval Office repudiation of President Zelensky of Ukraine.

As many have noted, the geopolitical, military, and diplomatic costs of attacking allies and appeasing

...