Opinion | Wartime revelations: Are U.S. and NATO prepared for a coup on Putin? WashTimesOpEd
That brings us to a second revelation. The United States and its NATO allies were caught off guard by what amounted to a mutiny. Fortunately, it resolved quickly.
But if there had been a coup, were the U.S. and NATO prepared for it? The short answer is an emphatic no. President Biden already demonstrated his lack of strategic understanding when he abruptly and fecklessly withdrew U.S. forces from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021. That blunder emboldened Mr. Putin to invadeAnd when the Russian president made his move, the U.S. president fumbled by suggesting that a “small incursion” might be acceptable.
Even when confronted with a full-on invasion, Mr. Biden has made matters worse by dribbling military arms and support to an embattled
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