Past U.S. policy toward Russia looms over how Biden confronts Putin on Ukraine

President Biden is leaning into his history with Russia as he confronts the crisis in Ukraine.

Early in his State of the Union address , the president addressed a challenge that many of those who have previously faced the Russian leader say is at the crux of Biden’s current problems with Vladimir Putin.

“Throughout our history we’ve learned this lesson — when dictators do not pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos,” Biden said. “They keep moving. And, the costs and threats to America and the world keep rising.”Republican critics say the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan emboldened […]

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