But even that goal is murky at best: Will the U.S. insist that Russian troops vacate Crimea, which they've held since 2014? Is a Ukrainian military operation to retake the peninsula even feasible? Or is the idea of a liberated Crimea merely the opening Ukrainian position in eventual peace talks with the Kremlin?
Republicans, meanwhile, argue that it's both fiscally responsible and morally just to insist that the U.S. sketch out a path to peace before committing tens of billions more dollars to a conflict that could drag on for years - especially given Moscow's historic willingness to throw countless bodies into battle rather than admit defeat.
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