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Washington has been focused on controversy surrounding the “nine words” in President Biden’s Warsaw speech about Russian President Vladimir Putin: “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.” But the real problem was the words that were missing: “For God’s sake, Russia cannot remain in Ukraine.” Biden talks about helping Ukraine defend itself. But five weeks into this war, he has yet to declare that our objective is to help Ukraine defeat Russia. “I have yet to hear anybody in the U.S. or anywhere in Europe use those words, ‘Defeat Russia,’” says Kurt Volker, former U.S. special representative for...
