"Yes, Putin initiated the war in Ukraine, but there are many in the foreign policy world here and in Europe who believed that he might not have done so had the White House earlier authorized Blinken to assure Putin that Ukraine would not become a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization."

https://open.substack.com/pub/seymourhersh/p/the-foreign-policy-biden-is-putting?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1hyip9