[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

---- "That was a pretty silly, irrelevant, rambling post ...."

I'd quite forgotten that your literary critique was as piquant and perceptive as it is....

How are you are predicting the future outcome of the Ukraine-Russia conflict? Delphic much?

[ansel12]

Try reading the post again, the predictions were made, at the beginning the world knew the outcome, and the shock is learning they/we were all wrong.

The predictions, our expectations, versus what is happening and what is being revealed about the Russian military are astounding and have shocked the world.