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Originally Posted by Dowly
Eh, some maybe but already last weekend(-ish) it was anticipated that they invasion would start on Wednesday.
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And in the week before, and two weeks earlier. Rememeber the ocking of Lavrov about Biden'S announcement?
Problem was, it were Americnas making these wanrign and elts face it, Powell and his white-powder-trick and the claimed WMD of Saddam not having been there, still are "fallouting" on the american intel and diplomatic porestige - we do not believe as easily anymore if something comes just from american sources.
Then there was that German admiral two or three weeks ago, who got fired, and next the former generla oinspecteur of the Bundeswerhr, Kujat, also havign been completely wrong. and then quite some more or less "experts" and diplomats as well.
Myself, I at least became increasingly shaky in the past 4, 5 weeks, and until the mid-Olympics or so did not seriously believe the Russians go all in.
In the past 10, 14 days or so before the attack however I was more or less convinced that they would.
In all media outlets, there were many political and former military voices who doubted that the Russians are not bluffing. Those who said it is all real, were clearly in the minority.