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Peter Moore's avatar

The tale of Biden’s trip there was epic and harrowing. And I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact that we notified Putin before he went. Ballsy! Hope it all somehow adds up to peace for the Ukrainian people.

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Liza Donnelly's avatar

Incredible. I didn't know that part of it! Why did they do that?

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Peter Moore's avatar

It was “for deconfliction purposes,” whatever that means. I’m relieved that Putin didn’t deconflict Joe into a premature grave.

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Liza Donnelly's avatar

Ha! Me, too! What an odd word. Looked it up. I guess they just wanted to be sure Putin didn't start bombing the area with Biden there. Interesting. Almost a dare, like "he's coming, don't do anything stupid" ..... not that Putin is capable of that.

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Peter Moore's avatar

The Guardian clears it all up: “The US informed Moscow to avoid any misunderstanding or misjudgment between the two nuclear-armed powers, according to accounts from Washington.”

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