Subject: Re: OT: Ukraine and Russia
In the entire time this has been going on, no one has talked about European troops in Ukraine or US airpower being a backstop for them. Both of those are now publicly in the mix.

Yes, publicly stated in such a Well Maybe Sort of We Might Do This way that I actually burst out laughing at the time, wondering who the heck would ever believe that statement when the gov't official uttering it couldn't even bring themself to do so. I am sure the Ukrainians are feeling confident that they have the full backing of the US given that statement without teeth.

The Trump team has made much political hay of the Biden Team's botching of Afghanistan...they know Ukraine going under on their watch would be a catastrophic historical black eye that would forever be theirs.

Nope, Teflon Don would just blame it on Biden and rearrange the displays in the Smithsonian to make it so.

"I think we are in a completely new political phase (of the conflict) and none of us are all that well informed as to what is actually going on." Remove the words in parentheses and I would be in full agreement.

IP