I guess they can't just admit that they've been peddling bullshit for the past two years.

I don’t know Hockstader—maybe he really drinks the Kool Aid—but either way, to stray from the party line is career limiting and may not get past WaPo’s editors.

I don't think the west has a winning strategy at this point, but if western powers were realistic regarding the capabilities of their adversaries they wouldn't find themselves in the mess they are today.

If it led to stopping NATO expansion and coups and in consequence to no war, it would be a win for everyone except US ruling class, their political dogs and their neonazi pawns of Svoboda, Pravy Sektor and Azov.