It was a humiliation for Putin.
He went to request another tranche of weapons, of course. Because he's running out again and sees the $billions of weapons coming on stream against him. And so he was willing to be used as a tool of NoKo propaganda, like a performing seal.
Setting aside the awful experience for Ukraine, which is a terrible thing, the war is proving to be a tremendous way to wear out the autocracies. And our military people will be studying how Russia fights and how to defeat them in future wars in granular detail.
The autocrats and theocrats decided their militaries and their will outmatches those of the democracies. They don't, so long as Trump fails.
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