Also, how much armament can a supply chain absorb? Except for the fact that Trum will be back in office soon and no one will undertake such an inquiry, I would say we need to assign to the future a fuller examination of what mistakes were and were not made; at present, the need is to gather together with minimal recriminations to meet the exigent emergency.
Had it turned out the hawks were wrong and Putin really did just want no more than a neutral/complaisant security perimeter on his side of the new iron curtain, and Ukrainian subordination was only a nascent fait accompli, well, restraint would have proved the wiser course. I myself was deeply skeptical, but we've blundered into convincing opponents before that there was no hope of our acquiescence to an acceptable compromise. Arguably one should try.
We know now what the facts are. It's now the case that the allies and the world either recognize the urgency or they never will. And so far, I think the leadership of this administration has been exactly right -- just ahead of where it's pulling the team toward, but not so far ahead that it gives the wayward and reluctant space to stall the march. We will see how this works out.
One thing I do worry about: there is an element of anti-Biden whose calculation is, he's doing the right thing, but we so much don't want him to get credit for it that we are not going to allow ourselves to approve.
Do you think the intelligence was unambiguous?
Also, how much armament can a supply chain absorb? Except for the fact that Trum will be back in office soon and no one will undertake such an inquiry, I would say we need to assign to the future a fuller examination of what mistakes were and were not made; at present, the need is to gather together with minimal recriminations to meet the exigent emergency.
Had it turned out the hawks were wrong and Putin really did just want no more than a neutral/complaisant security perimeter on his side of the new iron curtain, and Ukrainian subordination was only a nascent fait accompli, well, restraint would have proved the wiser course. I myself was deeply skeptical, but we've blundered into convincing opponents before that there was no hope of our acquiescence to an acceptable compromise. Arguably one should try.
We know now what the facts are. It's now the case that the allies and the world either recognize the urgency or they never will. And so far, I think the leadership of this administration has been exactly right -- just ahead of where it's pulling the team toward, but not so far ahead that it gives the wayward and reluctant space to stall the march. We will see how this works out.
One thing I do worry about: there is an element of anti-Biden whose calculation is, he's doing the right thing, but we so much don't want him to get credit for it that we are not going to allow ourselves to approve.