As the 133rd week of Putin’s three-hour tour of Ukraine recedes in the rearview mirror, it is time to stop and take stock of what is happening.
While the frontlines are relatively static, the political scene is not.
Two major issues are kicking about. One will probably be solved by October 1, and the second will be solved sometime next year.
The close-in fight is over the use of US weapons for deep strikes in Russia. The idea that Russia is allowed to use ballistic missiles to attack purely civilian targets in Ukraine as it prosecutes an illegal war while Ukraine is prohibited from hitting military targets in Russia in self-defense is one of those ideas only an Ivy League education can produce. It seems that the Biden regime is moving toward permitting Ukraine to hit a limited target set, but I think once the taboo is broken, we’ll soon see it go away. If the regime is afraid of…
