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lol, now they're demanding a public, on-camera apology from Zelensky.

goddamn kindergarteners

Well, yeah, have you seen the size of Ukraine compared to Muscovy? We can't raise as many donkeys to supply the frontlines. And cars and trucks are becoming equally dangerous for both sides to use in logistics.

So they're switching to animals, we're switching to drone supply carts.

UA is using UGVs for logistics only.
That's all they've been approving.

At this point, I'm willing to vote for whomever allocates funds for landmines all along the border.

As we have discovered in 2023, NATO instructors believe that the way to deal with a dense minefield is "go around it".

So I'd be very willing to endorse a major expenditure on land mines, all along the border, with the exception of several fortified border crossings.

Vance and co are boiling the frog that is the American public.

This is the new international discourse. One of global racket. If you don't have something they need (not want, need), then you have no leverage, b/c they are big and strong and you aren't.


They want this to be the norm. Because "that's how it's always been, we're just being honest about it".

Except, no. There used to be beliefs in principles and a semblance of basic honour and mutual respect, that made the "Free World" different. That made it something to look up to.

I'm not going to say that yesterday stunned me, that it was unexpected, and that it's inconceivable this happened. Because that's BS. And I've already expounded on what I think about how Zelensky talked, and what was said, and what was lost in translation, etc.
And I don't want to get into whether Trump is a GB asset or not. Because I don't think it matters that much whether he's meaningfully malicious or a misguided idiot.


But I will say, just as I do every time an arrogant autocrat makes a mistake, "I thought they'd be smarter than this". I said it in November of 2013, I said it in Spring of 2014, I said it in February of 2022, and I'll say it again.