Listen, let's not bicker for the sake of bickering. Putin may have thought this was going to be a cake walk to overthrow the government but so did the rest of the world in some sense. In that case, everybody was wrong except for the Ukrainian forces and people.
If we remember, after the first few days of the war is when NATO and EU countries decided to start sending in supplies and weapons in huge quantities. One stat I remember reading a few weeks ago had a $50 million arms order in the fall take weeks to be delivered from the US but the recent $500 million order was 80% delivered in 2 days.
A few days into the war a very high ranking US military officer /general?? Was on CNN blasting the Ukrainian President for telling his people to fight. His thoughts were that getting to Kyiv was going to happen the next day or two and than the result wouldn't change anything other than having thousands of poor civilians killed for no reason. He based this on his experience in tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as if those were well run operations!
Regardless, western intelligence regarding the invasion have turned out to be spot on but at the same time a colossal failure thus far regarding the outcome going into the 3rd week. +1 for the Ukrainian's .
In another matter, I really hope that Zelensky stays focused and doesn't get too bogged down with some of this media attention globally. Addressing the EU parliament with its many NATO countries, having calls with US Senators and Congress is important as they are the powerbrokers and influential ones militarily speaking. Addressing the Canadian Parliament may be a good moral booster and a feel good story for us and the Ukrainian Canadians who are part of our country but we aren't doing what he is asking for. Lot's of signs of support and flag waiving, photo ops and more but Zelensky keeps asking for the same thing from a military point of view.
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