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Sounds to me like the new Israeli prime minister is primarily to blame for the agency’s closure. Smart diplomacy for sure to take a harder line against Russia in the middle of it’s so-called intervention to de-Nazify Ukraine and not expect the most obvious, easiest form of retaliation. Reminds me of the dangerous rhetoric of American and NATO officials who refuse to get directly involved even as Ukraine’s farming industry is being destroyed, at least in part by Russian artillery (https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-wheat-fire-war-russia-invasion/31950153.html). According to Peter Zeihan, on a recent Triggernometry podcast, Russia is pressuring Germany to leave NATO if it wants to keep the oil flowing for continued industrialization. Having shut down their nuclear power plants, this is a critical concern for the Germans, who smirked when Trump warned them that their energy policy was too intertwined with Russia. That, combined with seeing newish reports of Ukrainian corruption in the American press (https://www.npr.org/2022/07/20/1112414884/corruption-concerns-involving-ukraine-are-revived-as-the-war-with-russia-drags-o), something everyone knew at the outset, suggests to me that we’re about to sell them out, especially if Germany decides to link its future with Russia. And if our president doesn’t think that capitulation will result in other forms of retaliation he is dreaming with his mouth open.

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