If they’d forced him to use Starlink for Ukraine and they still lost, however, the illusion of “we could have won if…” is broken. This way, depending on the public, they have a sage peacekeeper who avoided nuclear war, or a selfish traitor they can use as a scapegoat. Gotta keep the libs and fascists dreaming.
I’m honestly a bit surprised that his CIA handlers let him, but he is also a bit unhinged.
If they’d forced him to use Starlink for Ukraine and they still lost, however, the illusion of “we could have won if…” is broken. This way, depending on the public, they have a sage peacekeeper who avoided nuclear war, or a selfish traitor they can use as a scapegoat. Gotta keep the libs and fascists dreaming.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the CIA were in favour of what he did. They want a long, protracted bloodbath, not a short nuclear armageddon.