Bruh. Keep it in your pants while you're on the bus. Russophobia

We all are.

We all are. All the time.

We're all still way more likely to get killed by a car, or COVID, or a mass shooter, or a shark attack, than to be nuked by a Tsar Bomba.

Give Biden time, remember Obama said don’t doubt his ability to mess sh*t up

It could all still go sideways. But, I feel Biden's aware of the risks and has shown the right amount of caution here. I don't think the solution will ever involve American boots on the ground.

Remember Biden is the one who had the balls to finally pull the plug on the disastrous Afghan war/bottomless moneypit.

That was in place already, stolen thunder lol

Ah, yes. Donald Trump's deal with the Taliban, which set a timetable for withdrawal to be wrapped up *after* the 2020 election, of course. Smart!

All credit/blame here for the Afghan War gets shared 50:50. From beginning to end, the Afghan War had both the Republican and Democratic Party's fingerprints all over it.

Yep, got to love the military industrial complex for buying politians

Before everyone gets hysterical about "starting WWIII":

I doubt that this stray missile (if that's what it was - certainly, it's in Russia's best interest to claim that it was, even though Lviv, Ukraine's westernmost city, is over 40 miles away) will actually cause WWIII or a thermonuclear war.

That said, I do expect Russia will get a "time out" for this. Whatever that looks like.

NATO and the collective West can still do plenty to retaliate against Russia for this, short of initiating war. More economic sanctions, more military/economic aid to Ukraine, more actions against the hundreds of billions of dollars of Russian assets that are currently frozen.

Such reckless military sloppiness also undermines Russia's relationship with its few remaining partners around the world. Xi Jinping might be broadly aligned with Putin against the West, but does he want Putin to be a loose cannon raising the risks of WWIII? No, not really. Expect to see some Chinese strong-arming of Russia, especially if something like this happens again.