It was a very predictable possibility that Russia would look to allies with the ability to bolster their military position, just as Ukraine did. Somehow, it never dawned on the pooh-bahs in DC that the conflict could throw an economic and technological lifeline to North Korea and Iran, but it should have. I guess the lessons of Kosovo did not sink in. In that one, the retrograde of the high-tech weapons we used there provided a giant leap forward for the Chinese military.
I don't know what is going on here, but we keep seeing it. The people we pay to make and implement foreign policy seemingly cannot see beyond the ends of their noses. They blow bugles and wave flags demanding we charge off without thinking the possibilities through in advance. It is like being involved in a never-ending charge of the light brigade.
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