(#4925) Like in the US the tide is turning for democrats and Ukrainians for the good

      With the latest strategy by democrats playing out perfectly to get the chips bill passed through the senate and the reconciliation bill now alive and well, the hoped for tide of a republican wave has vanished. Same with Ukraine. The idea of a Russian takeover of any Ukrainian land is evaporating and putins genocidal invasion may well cost Russia some land. All it took to outsmart republicans and putin was a strategy and the will to carry it out. Much like spy craft, appearing to be one thing while being another thing was called for. Joe Manchin had established bona fides with republicans that his behavior was believable, yet Joe turned the tables on the outsmarted republicans and made them look like who they truly are, dupes!
     As with Ukraine, putin thought he had an immediate victory back on February 24th, yet he didn't understand the nature of the Ukrainian people. They are not to be dallied with through shows of force or threat. When it came to fighting putin eventually realized that the Ukrainians are a fierce noble culture that has no time to be ruled by a horde of backward Russians. So as the Russians took their time in trying to take Ukraine, the Ukrainians were working overtime to establish relationships with the west that are now paying off in armaments and strategy. The intelligence of the Ukrainians is second to none and for the putins of the world to discount them will only cost them their very existence.
     Both the democrats and Ukrainians have outsmarted their foes and taken advantage of their arrogance and ignorance. We shall see how the rest of these coming months play out but it is going to be better to be a democrat and Ukrainian than it is to be a republican and a Russian. If anything here in the US the only wave that is enduring is a blue wave that most assuredly will sweep through the senate and now is poised to do the same for the house. We are smart, caring and determined to defeat the foes of democracy here in the US as well as help the Ukrainians do the same in Ukraine. Sucks to be a republican and a Russian because they both are not of good intent.