Just because one mistake was made doesn’t justify another mistake.
Marie Yovanovitch: “Just because one mistake was made doesn’t justify another mistake.”
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Yovanovitch argues against justifying current actions based on past mistakes, specifically referencing the Iraq invasion.
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He has become a wartime president, the president that the Ukrainian people needed at this particular moment in time.
We were promised that if Russia would invade, that there will be severe sanctions. And I think that`s what Russia is getting. And I think it is painful.
Not only is it wrong, and bad for the American people, but it sends a signal to dictators around the world that deals can be done with that administration, weakening the United States.
But then Zelenskyy was elected president. I think Putin thought that he could manipulate Zelenskyy. He was sorely disappointed there.