Publicly, President Joe Biden’s team has offered unwavering support for Ukraine, pledging to load it up with weapons and economic aid for “as long as it takes.” But, if the impending fighting season yields limited gains, administration officials have expressed privately they fear being faced with a two-headed monster attacking it from the hawkish and dovish ends of the spectrum.

One side will say that Ukraine’s advances would’ve worked had the administration given Kyiv everything it asked for, namely longer-range missiles, fighter jets and more air defenses. The other side, administration officials worry, will claim Ukraine’s shortcoming proves it can’t force Russia out of its territory completely.

One of the most prominent conspiracy theories regarding JFK's death is that he was assassinated by the hawkish faction of the CIA after he refused to send reinforcements during the Bay of Pigs Invasion knowing it was insane and pointless. Oh, by the way, it happened during his re-election campaign.