Forget the letter. We all do dumb things

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31. Pathetic home town boosterism

"Never done anything that you regret"

Is that your standard? How childish.

No competent airline pilot has ever made a fundamental mistake landing an airplane at the right airport, no competent doctor has ever amputated the wrong leg, no competent attorney has ever argued a tort argument as the basis of a criminal complaint.

The specific charge of malpractice is not that the made some "mistake" but that they took action that was inimical to the core of their professional responsibility.

These amateurs are in fact paid professionals who are speaking about the most important issue of this century, nuclear proliferation and dismantling of nuclear arsenals.

In 1993 Ukraine possessed the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world. They agreed to give it up on the condition that Ukraine's territory would be guaranteed.

The US and the Western European democracies gave Ukraine assurances that if they gave up the third largest nuclear stock pile in the world and signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons that we would stand with them supporting their independence and sovereignty WITHIN THE EXISTING BORDERS.

This agreement created the single largest unilateral nuclear disarmament in history. Oh and by the way who negotiated these agreements? Ambassador Blinken current Secretary of State, the person who these incompetents deign to lecture.

There is only one path forward to reduce and eliminate nuclear stock piles, solidarity among the West in keeping the commitments we have made to those that have given up their nukes. Russia was also a signatory so this war comes down to a single question, are we going to keep our word with Ukraine or not and failing to do so means that in the future neither Pakistan, or India or any other nuclear power will ever believe the assurances of the US when we make agreements to give up their nukes..

I took your "bullshit" with the gravitas of a casual uninformed internet commenter who hasn't read these international agreements which I have, but you know who hasn't read these agreements? The asses who signed the letter, and some of whom don't consider it an error and are still arguing for it on MSNBC as I type this out.

Everybody makes mistakes but I have never made such a mistake that is a core responsibility of my professional responsibility, have you? Would you be so understanding to a pilot that made the same level of mistake landing the next plane you are on or the surgeon opening up your chest?

We have only one weapon in the fight against the tyranny of Putin, complete solidarity.

The fact that these incompetent amateurs playing politicians are trying to lecture Blinken who actually was key to achieving the largest nuclear disarmament is as laughable as your use of vulgarity as a substitute for facts, logic or even a superficial grasp of the stakes involved