The path to stop the Ukraine-Russia war is to get Russian President Vladimir Putin back to the negotiating table, and the only way to do that is through a demilitarized approach, says retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt.

“If you look at the actions of [Secretary of State Antony] Blinken and [national security adviser Jake] Sullivan the entire way through this thing, even go back to March of 2022, when Boris Johnson, the U.K. prime minister at the time, blew up the peace talks, ‘We’re going to be there for you, we’re going to go kick the Russians out.’ But you can’t do it [former Defense Secretary Robert] McNamara Vietnam-style with incremental weaponization, no strategy,” Holt told Newsmax’s “American Agenda” on Thursday.

“We’ve proven that. The Ukrainians have fought valiantly, brilliantly, heroically. They’ve done every single thing that they could. But without a strategy, without combined arms, you’re not going to get there.

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