[Jimmy Valentine]

I think Putin was told by his generals that Ukraine would be a walkover. Looks like the Russians have their “General Milleys” too.

[dfwgator]

I think it was Xi who pushed Putin, and not because Xi necessarily had Putin’s best intentions in mind.

[Reily]

The ‘Colonel Blimps (in this case Blimpskis)’ always rise to the top in peacetime where the necessary skills are political & bureaucratic not warrior!