>>508927416
Saying "half-cocked", as in "unprepared" is also a gross misreading of events.
The Kremlin clearly hoped to make lightning strike twice and repeat their 2014 success in Crimea by staging a "shock and awe" thunder run across to Kiev from multiple directions.
Turns out the billions in cash, training and weapons that NATO was pumping into Ukraine in the 8 years since actually bore fruit and Russia got a very bloody nose. Then BoJo blew up peace negotiations and Russia decided they're going to settle in for the long haul by redeploying their forces to Donbas. To me a pretty clear case of "our first approach failed so let's try something new".
>>508927752
General "I want to understand white rage" Miley? That general?
Yeah. Talk about counting your chickens before they hatch.
>for the new booties because I can't find a high rez image: the folded map on his desk has "Ukraine" written on it
>the portrait has since been taken down for "touchup work"