White House chronicler Bob Woodward offers a hard-to-believe picture of how the Biden administration has dealt with Ukraine. Hard to believe in terms of naiveté with respect to Russia.
From: Kyiv Post By Anders Aslund
From October 2021, the US government knew with eminent intelligence that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin intended to attack Ukraine very soon. It informed the Ukrainian government and its allies, some of whom refused to believe the US insights, notably Germany and France. The US did a bit to prepare the Ukrainians, but not much. When Russia attacked on Feb. 22, 2022, the US thought that Ukraine would fold fast.
Bob Woodward, famous for his Watergate revelations, has worked at the Washington Post since 1971, currently as associate editor. He operates as Washington’s chief court chronicler. Every second year he produces a book about the inside dealings in the White House. He has just published his 23rd book, War (Simon & Shuster), which discusses the White House on the war in Ukraine and Gaza. Roughly half of the book is devoted to each topic, while domestic issues are given short shrift. I concentrate on the discussion of Ukraine….
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