DeSantis, Back-and-Forthright on Ukraine

From Meaning in History:

Ron DeSantis goes war-monger after telling Tucker Carlson and his audience of 3 million on Fox that 'the US has no vital interest in becoming entangled in a territorial dispute.'

That kind of talk will NOT be tolerated by the military-industrial establishment, nor by the NeoCons running CIA and State.

So DeSantis backed up.

...Speaking to Fox Nation in an interview to be broadcast in full on Thursday, the Florida governor and probable contender for the Republican presidential nomination said his “territorial dispute” remark had been “mischaracterised”.

... Obviously, Russia invaded – that was wrong,” he said. “They invaded Crimea and took that in 2014 – that was wrong.”

DeSantis also called Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, a “war criminal”....

Note well:  DeSantis, in his reversal, did NOT state that the US has a vital interest in Ukraine, because we do not have one.  But he allowed himself the room to go full-bore warmonger by condemning Russia's move into Crimea.  DeSantis conveniently forgot that Russia has owned Crimea since the early 1800's, and Russia must have Crimea for a warm-water port.

IOW, he's trying to play both sides to the middle.  

Feel like you're being played??