> However, in the short term he is still being very successful in making the West look feckless with its total shock that this happened and complete unpreparedn

> However, in the short term he is still being very successful in making the West look feckless with its total shock that this happened and complete unpreparedness for it. It is simply not a credit to our foreign policy wonks that they are apparently so narcissistic that it appears they are unable to comprehend the idea that Putin would actually do this, What military advisers were unprepared for this to happen? I'm betting they (US military) planned for this months ago as a hypothetical if the Ukraine moved closer to the the EU.