Ed Luce: There Has Been No Sustained Effort to Get Putin to Agree to a Real Ceasefire, Which Is Why Rubio Is Talking About Walking Away

SCARBOROUGH I saw a ░░░░░░░░ of Richard Nixon from ░░░░░░░░ issuing a dire warning ░░░░░░░░ We better get it ░░░░░░░░ in Russia This was ░░░░░░░░ in 1994 sic because ░░░░░░░░ s a long history ░░░░░░░░ Russian imperialism and we ░░░░░░░░ not have to fight ░░░░░░░░ in the next century ░░░░░░░░ we would have to ░░░░░░░░ a Russia trying to ░░░░░░░░ basically the old Russian ░░░░░░░░ Remember Mark Brzezinski Mika ░░░░░░░░ brother and then the ░░░░░░░░ of Poland correctly pointed ░░░░░░░░ that Putin doesn t ░░░░░░░░ to reconstitute the Soviet ░░░░░░░░ he wants to reconstitute ░░░░░░░░ old Russian empire And ░░░░░░░░ means that you know ░░░░░░░░ the capitals of Odessa ░░░░░░░░ Kyiv brought back in ░░░░░░░░ Russia s control it ░░░░░░░░ that after all the ░░░░░░░░ all this war all ░░░░░░░░ talking we are back ░░░░░░░░ we started in this ░░░░░░░░ Putin won t be ░░░░░░░░ until he has Kyiv ░░░░░░░░ Odessa LUCE No No ░░░░░░░░ won t And when ░░░░░░░░ know Rubio says that ░░░░░░░░ re prepared to walk ░░░░░░░░ from this what he ░░░░░░░░ means is as David ░░░░░░░░ just very adequately set ░░░░░░░░ is he s preparing ░░░░░░░░ pull the plug on ░░░░░░░░ because there have been ░░░░░░░░ sustained efforts to get ░░░░░░░░ to agree to a ░░░░░░░░ ceasefire He breached has ░░░░░░░░ the one that s ░░░░░░░░ to end which was ░░░░░░░░ confined to energy infrastructure ░░░░░░░░ Rubio did mention on ░░░░░░░░ Sunday with some some ░░░░░░░░ obscene breaches obscene attacks ░░░░░░░░ civilians during that period ░░░░░░░░ well So the idea ░░░░░░░░ you know by implication ░░░░░░░░ is Europe and Ukraine ░░░░░░░░ ball is in their ░░░░░░░░ it s completely wrong ░░░░░░░░ ball should be in ░░░░░░░░ s court It should ░░░░░░░░ Steve Witkoff going to ░░░░░░░░ and delivering reading the ░░░░░░░░ act to Putin Instead ░░░░░░░░ s going and sort ░░░░░░░░ putting his hand on ░░░░░░░░ as if he s ░░░░░░░░ sort of the pledging ░░░░░░░░ to Putin It is ░░░░░░░░ extraordinary asymmetric one sided ░░░░░░░░ day attempt at peace ░░░░░░░░ really doesn t amount ░░░░░░░░ any serious attempt at ░░░░░░░░ And I think that ░░░░░░░░ Brzezinski would not be ░░░░░░░░ in seeing this as ░░░░░░░░ bad faith effort to ░░░░░░░░ the war And David ░░░░░░░░ right the war needs ░░░░░░░░ be ended but this ░░░░░░░░ been a bad faith ░░░░░░░░ to end the war ░░░░░░░░ is under no pressure ░░░░░░░░ the Trump Administration to ░░░░░░░░ to the table There ░░░░░░░░ been no credible threats ░░░░░░░░ have been no credible ░░░░░░░░ offered to Putin just ░░░░░░░░ And until that changes ░░░░░░░░ s not going to ░░░░░░░░ any any kind of ░░░░░░░░ peace process KAY Putin ░░░░░░░░ right All he had ░░░░░░░░ do was wait it ░░░░░░░░ wait out the West ░░░░░░░░ out the United States.”