Yeah, this song is gonna be stuck in my head for the rest of the day now. I did it to myself though.

Rah rah Rasputin, Russia’s greatest love machine…

Ukraine’s fall without US support is not necessarily a foregone conclusion. That would assume Russian offensives are sustainable, which they are not. They’re involved in a surge of their warfighting potential, which is steadily depleting their arsenals and straining their economy.

It remains to be seen how long they can keep it up.