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Unsurprising. They are trying to get in the EU. They were long lost to get those sweet, sweet Euros.

The main issue I understand is that it would take longer to ship the things to Ukraine versus sending Leopards which have a shorter trip.

What they expected was it to collapse into a massive civil war that would have drawn everyone into it, if WW3 didn't kick off. The fact they went with a whimper was a shock to everyone. Left or Right.

In all fairness no body expected the Soviets to collapse. Fifty years of them being the big bad, everyone thought they were a superpower here to stay. The fact that they were a paper tiger wasn't obvious until after the fact.

I will be curious who gets control in the resulting power struggle.

You know I hate to say it but Nixon was right. I ended up in a wiki walk and found this old interview he gave shortly after the end of the Soviet Union and said a lot that is very right today.

Well, the Swedes and the Finns have applied to join NATO.