Honest Dems (there are some) realize that President Biden handled this matter very poorly.
Constantly threatening to unleash the mother of all sanctions did not scare the Kremlin monster.
And, in fact, the mother of all sanctions (something called Swift) is not being implemented because Germany thinks it's too extreme.
At the very least, the Olympic Committee has asked that all sporting events in Russia be boycotted. (But that will probably blow over, too.)
We assume that President Biden was following his advisers' suggestions.
So he cannot be blamed. Because of his age and his cognitive "difficulties," he really did not know how to react to the Kremlin monster's plans.
We all feel so sorry for the Ukrainian people. Instead of enjoying this weekend, many are now begging for refuge in neighborhood countries.
As others have said, it is almost surreal that this can be happening in 2022 Europe.
You fail to understand that people with big balls, big weapons and successful careers (21 years as Russia's president) think they can do no wrong. Think that they are better than anyone else and what whatever they decide to do is going to work out.
Unfortunately, the "reality" is that big weapons nowadays means nuclear and that is something that can kill millions and when dealing with someone with big balls that feels they are unbeatable, it can mean that they use their balls and not their brains and that could mean that going against them "face to face" with another set of big balls, a bigger army and telling them "I am better than you are" usually ends up with everyone using their weapons to prove who is better. That also means that millions of innocent people would die.
The reality is that all people with big balls can "only see" the face to face confrontation as being the solution.
I was a big balls, big muscle kind of guy that was trained as a cop and that felt superior to most. I soon found out that people with "brains" used to run circles around me without ever going face to face against me. It seems you have not yet gotten to that place. You still think the face-to-face and balls-to-balls work.
In this day and age, that is no longer the case. Here in the world of the rich that have the power because of their intelligence to beat others without shedding a bullet or opening their pants to show their balls, brains is what counts.
In addition, this is the day and age where teamwork works better. I you are facing a gang leader (Putin) and come at him from all sides and you take away his weapons and take away his ability to pay his lackeys, you can easily win without ever exposing your balls.
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If that is too difficult to understand, let me know and I will show you how this day and age, brains and teamwork are much better than balls and weapons.
The world has changed. This is no longer the thing to do. This no longer works.
This is what works:
If you think balls work, you have a rude awakening ahead of you.
Biden and NATO (30 nations) have gotten together to outwit Putin and they do have the power to do it (over time) as now economics are the "thing". Economics do take time as you are not going to make someone go broke overnight but ultimately and after he has no more money to spend, he is out of options because in this day and age most people are mercenaries and don't work for principle, they work for money.
Of course, going balls to balls is faster but then again you face the possibility that in the end, everyone is killed. What is the benefit to that? The idea is to rule the roost but not necessarily rule with your balls but with your brain.
Biden is doing the RIGHT thing. Balled people do not understand that. I feel sorry for them. They will be swept under and disappear soon.