President Joe Biden's sparring match with Congress over emergency aid to Ukraine, without which most analysts predict Ukraine will collapse, has not produced additional billions for Kyiv. Congress delayed the decision till January, when it comes back from the holiday break. But regardless of what transpires in January, Ukraine's fate is clear: more death and destruction, more bloodshed in 2024.

While Russian President Vladimir Putin is the one who launched the invasion, Biden is equally responsible for the obliteration of Ukraine and annihilation of Ukrainians.

Biden as vice president was the Obama administration go-to person on Ukraine policy and the architect of the Russia "reset" strategy to promote friendship between the two nations. Unfortunately, he ignored intelligence about the threat posed by Russia. As a former senior official in the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency and one of the top three analysts on Russian doctrine and strategy in the intelligence community, I personally briefed President Obama's White House national security staff on Putin's plans and Russia's war-fighting strategy multiple times.

Biden had to have been made aware of those briefings given his position. And yet, not only did he fail to develop a counterstrategy to deter Putin, Biden and his team, many of whom would later join his presidential administration, continued the........

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