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He did say a word since the invasion started: "I'm not suspended from the ceiling above a barrel of acid by a rope that burns a little faster every time I twee
by rufus_foreman 5y ago
He did say a word since the invasion started:
"I'm not suspended from the ceiling above a barrel of acid by a rope that burns a little faster every time I tweet, you concern-trolling ghouls. I've just lost any confidence I had that sharing my thinking on this particular topic continues to be useful, because I called it wrong."
By "called it wrong", he means this, from February 11:
"So... if nobody shows up for the invasion Biden scheduled for tomorrow morning at 3AM, I'm not saying your journalistic credibility was instrumentalized as part of one of those disinformation campaigns you like to write about, but you should at least consider the possibility."
- car_analogy 5y agoEven a perfectly working clock is wrong twice a year for daylight savings time :)
- dTal 5y agoThis comment should have been top level, it explains everything.
- javajosh 5y agoThis supports the theory that Putin is a) a rational actor who was b) fed bad information about Ukraine's political disposition, and so c) appeared to act irrationally. Snowden knew a, didn't know b, and then felt rebuked by c. I would tell him: it's okay, Ed, how could you have known?