DL Open Thread Wednesday February 23, 2022

Today we have, "Mike Pompeo Praises Putin While Trashing Biden" - Trump praises Putin's strategy as "savvy" and a long Twitter Thread from a Finnish Leftist on Ukraine. What do you want to get out of your head?

Chris Coons Joins With Republicans Calling Biden’s Ukraine Policy “Weak”

This is not satire. Senator Chris Coons marched in lockstep with his GOP allies piling on Joe Biden's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine according to reports now running on NPR and in  Vanity Fair : 
Though Russian forces have apparently crossed the Ukrainian border, both the White House and Zelensky at first appeared wary of formally declaring it an “invasion,” a distinction that would trigger the severe — and, for much of Europe, economically costly — sanctions that Biden has threatened. That led to attacks from Republicans, who have painted Biden as weak on Russia, and to calls from even some Democrats to immediately begin imposing “significant costs on President Putin and the Kremlin,” as Senator Chris Coons said Monday.

Russia Invades Ukraine

The independent republics recognized today by Vladimir Putin, are located inside of Ukraine. This is the invasion of Ukraine under the guise of a peacekeeping operation. Terrible news. I have the same sick feeling I had when we invaded Iraq under a completely fraudulent pretenses.