Well, Davos was certainly worth going—if only to observe some gory examples of where things lie. I cant say that anything you see or hear at Davos is at all definitive—but they are useful snapshots of where things stand. And listening specifically to Americans and Europeans when they talk about Ukraine, for instance, certain things do stand out. Americans are basically operating within a cult—searching for clues of what dear leader is thinking. Europeans are arguably worse. They know that they are faced by a cult—and that the cult is very dangerous—but for now much of their leadership is desperately trying to suck-up to the cult.
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