re: Arming Israel versus Ukraine

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guiding principles

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Understand that we should do things that enhance our position in the world and disregard the stuff that doesn't.

Understand further that just about anything can enhance our position and you understand the gotcha.

So you gotta go bang for your buck type of thing which takes a more nuanced approach. Also you have the ability for both carrot and stick type of diplomacy and both can work.

One needs to understand these to do it correctly. Trump understood this.

Biden based his policy on a don't lose type of proposition and when you play not to lose you also don't play too soon so you inevitably screw things up. Some screw things up catastrophically with this type of approach and biden does this.