Good Lord

As much as I'm rooting for the Ukrainians, our enemies/rivals (China and Russia) have a point about the scattered, not-thought-out US policy during Obama and Biden administration and how this contributed to current events.

Sad irony: so much of thought processes happening behind the scenes in the foreign policy establishment match very similar patterns of Democrat domestic politics. Here's the pattern:

1) Take an idealistic position without gaming out any repercussions to the idea. In this case, an EU-aligned Ukraine. Same thing with "defund the police."

2) When criticized for a dumb position, accuse the other side of being "traitorous" or "racist." In the case of Ukraine, calling Trump a Russian agent. In the case being against defunding the police, a "racist."

3) Lie, deny, misrepresent, and exaggerate to prove proposition #2: Russiagate, etc.

This is the most brutal part of the piece:

What did all these figures have in mind for Ukraine? The White House and U.S. foreign policy experts from both parties are united in claiming that Ukraine is a U.S. ally, a democracy, and a beacon of freedom, which are no doubt fine words to hear when you have been left to fight Vladimir Putin on your own. But to understand what Ukraine truly is, we must start where all geopolitics begins: by looking at a map.

The liberal mind exists in a perpetual unreality these days.