Yes, I understand that we the west have reneged on a tacit agreement to not expand NATO in certain sensitive border areas. And Joe Biden is guilty of bravado…

Yes, I understand that we the west have reneged on a tacit agreement to not expand NATO in certain sensitive border areas. And Joe Biden is guilty of bravado… but Russia going in like that makes no sense whatsoever. They are antagonizing everyone but a handful of countries and it’s resulting in galvanized opposition to him —even internally. To use an overwrought phrase the invasion was a huge foot-gun.