• Biden lied to the public and claimed that Putin hadn't made up his mind, when US intelligence and the military had confirmed the invasion would definitely move forward and communicated this to Biden in a major October 2021 meeting. Biden was told exactly how the invasion would go down, and exactly where the thrusts would be - all of which were accurate (and obvious based on the satellite-confirmed disposition of forces). The only thing the US intel/military got wrong was in thinking the invasion would be launched earlier in the winter to avoid the Rasputitsa. Late Feb was not an ideal date because the mud came soon after.

• France and Germany were gigacucks and basically refused to believe Putin would invade, and undermined any efforts to punish/deter Russia. By contrast, the UK and Baltics were ready to roll from day 1.

• The Biden admin withheld evidence from Ukraine and went with a "just trust me, bro" which didn't change minds or convince the Ukrainians that Putin wasn't bluffing. One of the reasons the UK was on board was that the US had close intel sharing with them.

• Zelensky purposely downplayed the invasion risk even after being told it was a certainty, because he was afraid of causing a panic and hurting the UKR economy and people leaving the country so they wouldn't be drafted. UKR went into the war a lot less prepared than it should have been because of this.

• US diplomats all reported that the Russians were just bullshitting and had 0 interest in a diplomatic solution. The only reason for the whole diplomatic charade was to appease the French and Germans.

• Russia thought the sanctions would be weak, and that the West would get outraged and stomp their feet while doing little else, and Russia was essentially correct on this point. Again, France and Germany are the primary reasons for this.

• The Biden admin was deliberately ambiguous on sanctions, which Russia correctly interpreted as weakness and bluffing, again because the Biden admin was afraid that France and Germany would refuse to go along with any significant sanctions.

As for the depths of French cuckoldry:

On Feb. 20, Macron called Putin and asked him to agree to a meeting in Geneva with Biden. The conversation led the French president to believe that Putin was finally willing to seek a settlement. “It’s a proposal that merits to be taken into account,” Putin said... Macron pressed the Russian leader. “But can we say, today, at the end of this conversation, that we agree in principle? I would like a clear answer from you on that score. I understand your resistance to setting a date. But are you ready to move forward and say, today, ‘I would like a [face-to-face] meeting with the Americans, then expanded to the Europeans’? Or not?” Putin didn’t commit and appeared to have more-pressing matters at hand. “To be perfectly frank with you, I wanted to go [play] ice hockey, because right now I’m at the gym. But before starting my workout, let me assure you, I will first call my advisers.”

Imagine being the leader of France and being like "Putin, I need an answer, yes or no?!!?" and Putin is just like "Ehhh imma go play hockey, I'll call you back sometime." LOL.

Macron is heard laughing in delight as he hangs up. The French president and his advisers thought they had a breakthrough. Macron’s diplomatic adviser, Emmanuel Bonne, even danced.

Macron is the simp who gets told "I see you as a friend" by his crush, and thinks it means she loves him.

But the following day, in a televised address, Putin officially recognized two separatist Ukrainian provinces in Donbas, including territory controlled by Kyiv, as independent states.