Let’s start tonight with the good news that the Biden administration was able to successfully negotiate an exchange with Russia that gets US Marine veteran Trevor Reed out of a Russian prison and home to his family. I’m grateful for the work of many across our government. Trevor’s safe return is a testament to the …
War for Ukraine Update 56: The Defenders of Mariupol Are Still Holding, But In Need of Relief!
Before we get started, and there will be more below the jump, the last reporting I’ve seen indicates that the Azov Regiment and the 36th Separate Marine Brigade are still, just barely holding on. I want to start tonight with this question from commenter egorelick from the comments to last night’s update post: I really …
War for Ukraine Update 53: Marking Beliefs To Market
I’m going to start tonight by marking a belief to market above the fold so it’s not being hidden. Several times over the past fifty-three days I’ve written some variation of the US and our EU and NATO allies are going to fight Putin to the last Ukrainian while patting ourselves on the back for …
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War for Ukraine Update 43: Russia Seems To Be Preparing To Attack Everywhere In the East and South of Ukraine
(Image by Olga Wilson; found here) Let’s start with Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov’s address to partnering states from earlier today: While it is subtitled, here’s the transcript: Address by the Minister of Defence of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov to the partnering states It has been 42 days since Russia’s large-scale attack on Ukraine. Today I …
Saturday Evening Horror-Clown Show Open Thread: The GOP Death Cult Rediscovers ‘America FIRST’
Stockman said what now. https://t.co/2PgVNS83K6 — Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) April 2, 2022 Look what’s bubbling up from the fetid swamps of Gritty Repub Realism, while the rest of us were distracted… https://t.co/jtjPchbPWH pic.twitter.com/cHOQtLJEn7 — Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) April 2, 2022 Jacob Heilbrunn, at Poltico: “Trumpian Conservatives Hold an ‘Emergency’ Meeting Over Russia”: J.D. Vance …
The Strategist’s & Policy Maker’s Dilemma: Assumption of Risk
In the comments to my post on Russia and Ukraine last night several people asked why I was very explicit about the force posture I would like to see happen to deter Russian aggression in Europe and against Ukraine. These were all excellent questions and they deserve a bit of attention and a response in …
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Don’t go away mad…
Just go the fuck away: Trump just released a third statement on Biden's speech today, calling it "very hurtful to many people." He repeats his conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, which he still hasn't conceded he lost. — Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 6, 2022 Third statement! Trump’s smarter sociopathic clone DeSantis is slamming the …