Russia and Ukraine

[The Grand Nudger]

An interesting story, that speaks to a comment above. The missile that sank Moskva? Wasn't the first time they'd tried to use them. They attempted to use them against transport ships (which would have stopped another advance cold)..but..because the flight path took them over a ukranian city, they pushed them higher up in altitude to reduce the possibility of collateral damage or mishap..and in so doing, put them into the detection envelope for russian air defense.

Could have said fuck it, and gutted those boats. Didn't..because they aren't fucking idiots, which is more than can be said for whomever is running the russian side of this war, victimizing their own troops in a silly plan to victimize the other guys grandma. That's the thing that sticks out to me most in russian cow. I find it difficult to understand how a person could rise to military authority without realizing that killing your own men in a bid to strengthen the enemies resolve through pure unfiltered hatred is a losers bet...? As Zelinskyy mentioned in the meet with biden yesterday, russia is creating people whose only reason to live..is vengeance. People for whom there can be no peace. That's a problem that won't go away even if the war ends tomorrow.

IMO, putin and his admin are going to end up going down in russian history..as one of if not the worst bits of leadership they've ever had.