People are wary of government messaging because of things like the Gulf of Tonkin and the WMD debacle. Unfortunately in this case, it was credible and the stra

People are wary of government messaging because of things like the Gulf of Tonkin and the WMD debacle. Unfortunately in this case, it was credible and the strategy of declassifying did seem to work but clearly Putin has made up his mind. One more thing: this is definitely not the place for "I told you so".