I've been purposely avoiding logging in to be more passive and less invested in the comment wars going on, but I just reversed my policy to congratulate you for

I've been purposely avoiding logging in to be more passive and less invested in the comment wars going on, but I just reversed my policy to congratulate you for a succinct and valuable post. The political environment is so toxic that anyone who points out any flaw or bad news regarding the NATO strategy is somehow labeled a Putin apologist. It's a horrible state of affairs. You cannot gaslight your own population into a war victory, it's doesn't work like that.