“No hope there but lots of hopium.”
No, they all knew. Once people understand that the target was taking down Russia, as EXPLICITLY stated by our government, then it didn’t matter if Ukraine got their butts whipped, only that we ‘weakened’ Russia somewhat.
...but too bad, unlike the US, Russia is run by ADULTS, so they understood this and were ready,
Well said. We do not have “grownups in charge” at all. The “Ghost of Keeev” alone should have given the lie to most of this stuff. They literally bought into an NPC from a video game. That was my moment.