In today’s (first) Debunk of the Day, we’ll talk about… “realistic expectations”.

Russia has the GDP of Italy. NATO — which Russia claims to be fighting — has 20 times their GDP, and a much stronger and more modern military.

Russia’s full scale invasion was supposed to take 2 days, but we’re nearing 4 years. They’ve lost a million men. Their economy is in shambles.
And yet we’re letting them set their red lines instead of massive sanctions, strong support for Ukraine, and an immediate sky shield.

Russia thought their war was “realistic” because we’d let them get away with it. It wouldn’t be “realistic” to invade a European nation and redraw borders by force if the West had a strong and united response.
What’s “realistic” is what public opinion tolerates and accepts.

Russia knows Ukraine’s borders and Ukrainians will keep fighting. The EU and NATO are here to stay and we have nukes too. It’s realistic to remember all this. Lobby your politicians, don’t vote for those who want to surrender to Russia.
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