“Trying to get a settlement now that includes anything on nuclear weapons is a huge impediment to just getting the war over with,” Ben Friedman, policy director at Defense Priorities, told RS. “We don’t need any deal at all. I think that’s the underrated option.”
“It seems like there’s almost insurmountable trust problems that will hang over any kind of deal,” says Friedman.
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