Putin is on the ropes and US, NATO must call his bluff with these 3 lines of support
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President Vladimir Putin is facing a grave threat to his regime over the war in Ukraine. The U.S. and NATO must show resolve to stand by Ukraine.
The U.S. and its NATO allies must demonstrate to Putin their resolve to call the Kremlin’s bluff and resist snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Daniel N. Hoffman has been a Fox News contributor since May 2018. Before joining Fox News, Hoffman had a distinguished career with the Central Intelligence Agency, where he was a three-time station chief and a senior executive Clandestine Services officer. Follow him on Twitter @danielhoffmanDC.
Putin has been forced to rely on North Korea for artillery and Iran for drones. The Kremlin has reportedly sent prisoners from Russian jails as well as mercenaries from Chechnya and the Wagner Group to fight in Ukraine.
Putin has long since suppressed liberal, democratic forces in Russia. But he’s on the hook to explain to ultra nationalist Russian hawks why the Kremlin failed to topple a government Putin nonsensically claimed was a Nazi existential threat to the motherland.