Excellent, (And thanks for the mention) Bruce. Love the paragraph about criminal gangs. Liberaloid lefties love the fallen martyr, not the fighter who acted pre-emptively to stop the outrage, and got dirty hands doing so. "If only Russia has waited for Kiev to attack Donbass, then we could feel good about supporting their military action." Russia and the people of Donbass have to take the hit and start from a weaker position in order to make us feel good.
Re Jacques Baud analysis
I would add that Zelensky did deploy forces to the line of contact , c125000 by jan 14
c150000 by feb 2 .
Zelensky was fully aware that the massive input of NATO arms was pressuring
the risk of russian attack but he was more worried about doing anything to panic people more,
the crashing economy, losing investors and ukrainian oligarchs leaving.
That is why he made no evacuation plans. He has never cared about civilian casualties. Only his own skin.
Excellent, (And thanks for the mention) Bruce. Love the paragraph about criminal gangs. Liberaloid lefties love the fallen martyr, not the fighter who acted pre-emptively to stop the outrage, and got dirty hands doing so. "If only Russia has waited for Kiev to attack Donbass, then we could feel good about supporting their military action." Russia and the people of Donbass have to take the hit and start from a weaker position in order to make us feel good.