bendog
Diamond Member
Everyone thought Putin "played his had well" initially? Well in Trump world possibly.Everyone thought the attack would be a cakewalk for the Russian forces, and that Putin played his hand well, at least initially. It's why Biden said he would be more accepting of limited incursions, and was probably just expecting them to occupy the two rebel provinces and the Crimea.
Instead maybe the whole thing got to Putin's head, and his general's heads, and they thought they could take the whole country.
The only thing allowing the West to get their shit together is how long the Ukrainians are holding off the Russian columns from taking out their forces. To me Kiev isn't the key, a Country exists as long as it has an army in the field.