Lloyd Austin actually said...

The U.S. would like to see Russia weakened, militarily, essentially that the U.S. wants to see Russia weakened, so much that it can't repeat, what we are seeing, happening, in Ukraine, now, in other areas of the region.

Context

Lloyd Austin stated the goal of weakening Russia to prevent future aggression.

04/25/2022

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