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[–] [email protected] 6 points 22 hours ago

I remember seeing the coverage at the time, and saying to a colleague that Ukraine was making a huge mistake. He scoffed at the idea a middle-aged woman, even one with degrees in highly relevant fields, could grasp geopolitics. And now I'm an old woman, thinking quietly, 'X, you were an idiot then, and you are an idiot now.'