And this misadventure seems to have been enacted without any of the support or forecasting that the others got… It’s one thing to publicly claim, “they’ll greet us as liberators and we’ll be out in a couple months” while setting up long-term logistical support, it’s another to delude oneself into thinking it’s true, despite all evidence, and entering into a war with no logistical support whatsoever, to the point where things start falling apart in a matter of days, and having no coherent goals. (Even if Ukraine had greeted the Russians as liberators, then what? There wasn’t even a plan for that.)
It’s looking like this is going to result in a disaster of such epic proportions for everyone involved (and maybe for a lot of countries not currently involved) that it’ll make the last 20 years of war crimes look like successful humanitarian efforts in comparison. I’m just hoping that Putin doesn’t drop any nukes, the way some analysts think might happen…
