@EL I am so thankful to see that someone I respect shares my view that NATO has blown a chance to show itself as an entity to be reckoned with, rather than one that might get really, really angry someday if someone behaves even worse than he is doing now . . . It is hard to know which news bulletins know what they are talking about, but it does seem as if militarily, Ukraine is pulling off nothing short of a miracle; imagine if they had been properly armed in advance of the invasion! But reports are that Russia, despite wreaking carnage that will haunt its ability to maneuver globally for a long time to come, is doing badly. The one thing I've respected the PM for (in a very long time . . .) is his willingness to say that the West and NATO have failed. They have. TC
@EL I am so thankful to see that someone I respect shares my view that NATO has blown a chance to show itself as an entity to be reckoned with, rather than one that might get really, really angry someday if someone behaves even worse than he is doing now . . . It is hard to know which news bulletins know what they are talking about, but it does seem as if militarily, Ukraine is pulling off nothing short of a miracle; imagine if they had been properly armed in advance of the invasion! But reports are that Russia, despite wreaking carnage that will haunt its ability to maneuver globally for a long time to come, is doing badly. The one thing I've respected the PM for (in a very long time . . .) is his willingness to say that the West and NATO have failed. They have. TC