Laurie VossUS president going to Kyiv: eh. Informing Russia in advance that they were going to Kyiv: now that's ballsy. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/20/how-biden-pulled-off-a-visit-to-an-active-ukrainian-war-zone
John Minnihan@seldo "I fucking dare you to do anything about it."
aresrussians have a well deserved reputation for killing people accidentally on purpose
journalists falling out of windows
passenger jet shot out of the sky
by notifying them hours in advance they'd have to do it purposely on purpose
Phil Dennis-Jordan@seldo @ares I came here to say something similar. I assume they gave enough notice that Russia would have to call off any planned “coincidental” shelling of the city or whatever if information had previously leaked. But at the same time they did not give enough notice for Russia to organise a plausibly deniable assassination.
The idea must be that while Russia would probably love to knock off the POTUS, the shitstorm of getting the blame would outweigh its benefit.
The idea must be that while Russia would probably love to knock off the POTUS, the shitstorm of getting the blame would outweigh its benefit.
Douglas King@seldo
I wish they would stop using the term coup casually all the time. We have them now, and they aren't good.
I wish they would stop using the term coup casually all the time. We have them now, and they aren't good.
adrianacala@seldo “Relax, old friend. If they assassinate me, all of Sparta goes to war”. That’s my first thought and is probably why they informed Russia. If they didn’t inform, they could kill Biden and deny ever knowing he was in Ukraine.