• assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    He vehemently claimed Russia wasn’t going to invade Ukraine when US intelligence came out and said it in advance. And then when Russia invaded, he shifted to all new bullshit, instead of having any self reflection.

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      1 year ago

      In fairness almost everyone though the US intelligence service was pulling another Iraq when they said Russia was going to invade. Everyone but Putin saw how bad of a move it would be for Russia and assumed it was posturing.

      • ikidd@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Exactly. These confidently incorrect statements people make in hindsight are like they weren’t around before the invasion, or at least weren’t paying attention.