No critical thinking skills..... hmmm!

👍 I agree with you! American intelligence informed the Biden Administration of the pending Russian assault.

The way Europe and Biden dealt with the invasion! Sanctions and embargos, taking oligarch's yachts, didn't work!

The Russians planned for that non military response. Putin is a chess player.

You are absolutely right it is easier to play the game when it's over!
But that's why we have post game analysis! Learning from the past to prevent mistakes in the future.
Hey, I voted for Joe, I voted for Kamala. I view them with respect, but I don't view them as irreproachable demigods. Democracy!

NATO has 32 members. Many wanted to keep the war from expanding. In their own thinking! They didn't want a rush of military expansion because they thought it would lead to a wider war. (Foolish)
Biden went along because Trump had tarnished NATO, US relations. Biden wanted to mend that! A team player

I'm not shitting on Biden.
Biden administration delayed sending mil equipment.
At first, they said they couldn't send M1 tanks because they ran on jet fuel. (The early excuse)
They said they couldn't send F-16s because the aircraft were too complex for their pilots. Who got F-16s?
I pay attention!

The Biden administration didn't fully comprehend the mindset in Putin's Kremlin.
They were so slow in bringing in multiple weapon systems. ("Stick it in a little bit.")
Some say they didn't want to freak out the NATO Allies. 32 members is a little like herding cats. Many wanted it all to go away.

I can remember in the early 80s when force levels got so low in Europe that the Allies were bitchin' about it. It was bad enough that it forced Congress to get up the administration's ass over it. Congress won!

Ah, yes, the good old days when Congress had a spine!

You are spot on with this mindset!

I have spent time in the local political trenches. Politically speaking, if you can get 60% of what you want. That's doing great!
Politics is not like ordering at McDonald's. ( "Have it your way!" )

The propagandizing received lots of help from certain Western media outlets. The Russians infiltrated and worked them first. It was the long game approach.
Russians then succeeded in getting Fox News and the NRB to propel their pro Russia propaganda.
Plus, good ole reprobates like Tucker Carlson!

My Lai was blatant racism with extremely poor leadership. The wrong man was in charge.
Looking back at the Wounded Knee Massacre. They covered it up by giving out 19 CMH awards to the soldiers there.
Many want to rescind these awards. Not Hegseth, he's also the wrong man!
apnews.com/article/woun...

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Yes, you're absolutely right about Musk! He thinks and acts like he's some type of unhindered, stateless billionaire! Who perceives himself as a nation state unto himself!

I would like to add to your analysis that Kremlin logic is often quite different from Western logic. That's why Russia continues its war against Ukraine, no amount of losses will stop them, only a collapse of the Russian society can stop the war. So the frontline states need nukes.

I don't think that is a recent photo. It could be from a few years back?

Here's a more recent photo she could have used for the holiday greetings post. 👇

Jeg elsker bakgrunnsmusikken, heldige ambassadør!!

I never understood what the financial end game was on creating the Metaverse thing.
How was it going to generate revenue??

It's like their initial business concept was that they were just playing around and making some new tech thing because they could. ( $77 billion toy! )

If SCOTUS rules against California's redistricting plans.

Then yes, you are absolutely right! It's a coup!