Respectfully, I don't see how they're both obviously true. The US doesn't get to practice deterrence alone when it leads an alliance focused on Russia. I think it's highly unlikely that Estonia and Italy or Poland and Portugal share the same sense of how to deal with Russian aggression (and that doesn't even include Hungary). It's easy t…
Respectfully, I don't see how they're both obviously true. The US doesn't get to practice deterrence alone when it leads an alliance focused on Russia. I think it's highly unlikely that Estonia and Italy or Poland and Portugal share the same sense of how to deal with Russian aggression (and that doesn't even include Hungary). It's easy to imagine that if Biden had pushed the Russians harder the alliance would have been shaken, if not splintered. Neither you nor I know what would have happened.
Respectfully, I don't see how they're both obviously true. The US doesn't get to practice deterrence alone when it leads an alliance focused on Russia. I think it's highly unlikely that Estonia and Italy or Poland and Portugal share the same sense of how to deal with Russian aggression (and that doesn't even include Hungary). It's easy to imagine that if Biden had pushed the Russians harder the alliance would have been shaken, if not splintered. Neither you nor I know what would have happened.