But those security guarantees basically involve the deployment of a handful of European troops, primarily French in the UK and then a US backstop. But in fact The security guarantee [for Ukraine] is the US backstop. It is not, and I'm not diminishing the fact that some countries in Europe are willing to place troops in a post war Ukraine. (50:07–50:10)
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Asserts that the US backstop is the primary security guarantee for Ukraine.
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