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The US is expanding its goals in Ukraine - that's dangerous

Caitlin Talmadge

Washington Post, May 11, 2022 (With Brendan Rittenhouse Green)

Comments by political and military leaders suggest the goal is no longer to drive Russia to the negotiating table but to seek a total defeat of Russian forces. That increases the odds of catastrophe.