This is the Friends Vista Debating Society.

I'm John Batser with Professor H.J. Mackender,

International Relations,

commenting on Ukraine conflict

from the point of view of six capitals.

We're now in Washington, D.C., the Imperial Center.

The headline on the New York Times by Peter Baker

about softening support or voices in the Democratic Party,

asking for clarity,

asking for the American people to be rallied

for the long-confect in Ukraine.

This is a roundabout way of saying

that there are Democratic voices

who are loyal to the President,

who applaud the President's program,

who vote for him often.

But they want to know where we're going

because they can see in the polling

the American people are either indifferent, confused,

or turning against the endless boosting

of Ukraine's defense budget with no clear victory path,

with no speech from the Oval Office about why we fight.

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