Regarding “Republican Outrage” … just another example of taking extremely complex, difficult decisions, full of trade-offs and risks, and looking only at the bad outcomes, as if it was an easy decision and any competent leader would know the right thing to do. This is a core element of Republican messaging on the Biden admin. The definition of "bad faith".

Analogous to a doctor’s decision on whether to do risky emergency surgery on someone who might otherwise die without the surgery. Republicans stand ready to attack the medical team for not doing the surgery (“the doc is clueless and uncaring – just stands by and lets the patient die!”) or for doing the surgery (“the doc’s reckless decision killed this poor person”), while reveling in the bad outcomes as an opportunity to bash the doctor.

Unfortunately – “the patient” is our country (and in this case our allies).