Richard Haass: We Need to ‘Lower Our Goals’ in Ukraine, ‘Let’s Have 80% of the Country Saved’

HAASS: “What I argue, therefore, is the United States needs to have some very direct conversations with Ukraine, with President Zelenskyy. Talk about reducing their emphasis on liberating land, increasingly put all their emphasis on holding on to what they’ve got. In the long run, diplomatically through sanctions, yes, we can try to see the rest of their territory returned. But for right now, let’s have 80 percent of this country saved, 80 percent of this country rebuilt. I would actually propose a ceasefire as an interim arrangement to expose the Russians for what they are, so we can rebuild support for Ukraine in this country. But we’ve had two fighting seasons. The idea that one or two or three more years of this is going to result in success, I simply don’t see it.”