๐Ÿ”— They Lied About Afghanistan. They Lied About Iraq. And They Are Lying About Ukraine.

Wasnโ€™t the Russian military โ€” because of poor morale, poor generalship, outdated weapons, desertions, a lack of ammunition that supposedly forced soldiers to fight with shovels, and severe supply shortages โ€” supposed to collapse months ago? Wasnโ€™t Putin supposed to be driven from power? Werenโ€™t the sanctions supposed to plunge the ruble into a death spiral? Wasnโ€™t the severing of the Russian banking system from SWIFT, the international money transfer system, supposed to cripple the Russian economy.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Chris Hedges

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