You write at the end: "Man, you are consistently wrong about Ukraine."
From a different perspective, it seems most have been "wrong" about Ukraine, as the war -- or special military operation -- is not as yet finished, and neither the non-NATO Ukraine nor the non-NATO Russia have prevailed, one against the other. So as to who is "wrong," it seems everyone is. The event is not over. Strange things happen, such as our beloved war in Afghanistan, the one Obama said we could win. Twenty years later, that war has concluded by the stellar fumbling of the Biden administration.
Given the three options for us noncombatants here on Free Republic, 1) pro-Z, 2) pro-P and 3) "not my circus and not my clowns," I wish the current crop of Democrat and RINO neocons wouldn't be throwing money into an abyss. As with Afghanistan, the outcome is uncertain, but the expenditure of funds is most certain.
Approaching $32 trillion in official national debt, and with massive unfunded liabilities, it surely seems that the war "over there" is doing one thing, for certain. It is absorbing massive sums of money, from a nation mired in debt and with a current "debt ceiling" political mess ongoing. When a straw breaks the proverbial camel's back, it is certain that one straw will be blamed, but the back will indeed be broken. True for Ukraine, Russia, and certainly true for us.
“Your nicely annotated list suggests you have been compiling over time posts by another Freeper. That, of itself, is most interesting and perhaps instructive.”
Can’t speak for others, but I certainly would not go through the effort to keep files on other FReepers unless I was being paid well to do so.
Yes, when you have a screen name that is consistently wrong, it is funny at first, then ....
I would have thought that person would stop making predictions.
The 3 options you state are incorrect
1. pro-Z? It’s not pro-Z, Zelensky is just the latest elected President of Ukraine. Putin was going to invade no matter what. The only good thing about Z is that he didn’t run.
This is pro-Ukraine or rather pro-”the little guy who is fighting off the home invaders”
2. Pro-Putin —> yes, though some conflate this with pro-Russia. It’s not clear that most Russian people support this invasion.
3. Neutral - well this can also be split into
3.1. meh
3.2. stop the killing
3.3. I support one side or the other but stop the killing.
It would be one thing if it were their money.....