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[quote]AN ‘INVASION’ OR NOT? — As of Monday night, the White House was refusing to call this an “invasion” — though we’ll see how long that lasts given public pressure from lawmakers. Senior administration officials were awkwardly dancing around the matter in a background briefing with reporters, refusing to answer the “i-word” question because of the consequences it would bring.

HERE’S THE PROBLEM: Lawmakers on Capitol Hill aren’t playing these word games. The squawking, unsurprisingly, started on the GOP side, with Republicans on the Foreign Affairs and Armed Services panels demanding full and maximum sanctions right away. They argued that by the administration’s original position, this is an invasion, plain and simple. Sen. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R-S.C.) said the move “should immediately be met with forceful sanctions to destroy the ruble and crush the Russian oil and gas sector.” Rep. LIZ CHENEY (R-Wyo.), Democrats’ favorite Republican, took to Twitter on Monday night to argue that “the Biden Administration and our allies must impose full set of crippling sanctions now.”

The sentiment quickly spread to Democrats. First, Senate Foreign Relations Chair BOB MENENDEZ (D-N.J.) chimed in: “To be clear, if any additional Russian troops or proxy forces cross into Donbas, the Biden administration and our European allies must not hesitate in imposing crushing sanctions.” Then, Sen. CHRIS COONS (D-Del.), a top Biden ally in the upper chamber, said in a statement Monday night that “the time for taking action to impose significant costs on President Putin and the Kremlin starts now.”

If Biden is losing Coons, he’s got a problem. To be sure, the administration official Monday night did tell reporters that additional sanctions were coming today, but there’s still a question about how tough they will be — and how far the White House will go — if they don’t recognize this as an invasion of Ukraine.[/quote]

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/02/22/todays-conundrum-whats-an-invasion-00010498[/quote]

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