Michael Weiss

It makes it impossible for either side to have a major breakthrough. I mean, what the Russians are doing is they're actually they're not using heavy armor whatsoever. They're putting soldiers on motorbikes and kind of raiding Ukrainian positions across the line. And that can be kind of tactically a little bit dangerous for the Ukrainians. But by and large, things have remained the same.

I mean, the Russians are struggling to move forward. Now, there's all this scuttlebutt, including from the Ukrainian side, about a potentially massive Russian offensive that could be waged in the summer. using fresh meat from the recruits that are being $30,000 to $40,000 a month. They're being called up by the Russians and paid fairly well. We'll see. I mean, I've seen this story play out before.

I mean, the Russians are struggling to move forward. Now, there's all this scuttlebutt, including from the Ukrainian side, about a potentially massive Russian offensive that could be waged in the summer. using fresh meat from the recruits that are being $30,000 to $40,000 a month. They're being called up by the Russians and paid fairly well. We'll see. I mean, I've seen this story play out before.

I mean, the Russians are struggling to move forward. Now, there's all this scuttlebutt, including from the Ukrainian side, about a potentially massive Russian offensive that could be waged in the summer. using fresh meat from the recruits that are being $30,000 to $40,000 a month. They're being called up by the Russians and paid fairly well. We'll see. I mean, I've seen this story play out before.

The Russians, they're really gearing up to do something massive. And then the time comes and it's rather anticlimactic. But I have to be honest, it's not that bad for the Ukrainians right now. It's not great, but it's not catastrophic. And it could be a lot better for them if we sort of saw the facts as they are and saw the weak position that Russia is in and just made it even weaker.

The Russians, they're really gearing up to do something massive. And then the time comes and it's rather anticlimactic. But I have to be honest, it's not that bad for the Ukrainians right now. It's not great, but it's not catastrophic. And it could be a lot better for them if we sort of saw the facts as they are and saw the weak position that Russia is in and just made it even weaker.

The Russians, they're really gearing up to do something massive. And then the time comes and it's rather anticlimactic. But I have to be honest, it's not that bad for the Ukrainians right now. It's not great, but it's not catastrophic. And it could be a lot better for them if we sort of saw the facts as they are and saw the weak position that Russia is in and just made it even weaker.

But we choose not to do that, or our president chooses, of course, not to do that.

But we choose not to do that, or our president chooses, of course, not to do that.

But we choose not to do that, or our president chooses, of course, not to do that.

No, and not only that, but withdrew from this campaign without informing the Israelis he was doing it. I mean, coming back to our original discussion of who he's willing to throw under the bus, including his closest, quote unquote, allies and friends. Yeah, look, I mean, it's not a bad thing to stop a terrorist organization from badly disrupting international commerce.

No, and not only that, but withdrew from this campaign without informing the Israelis he was doing it. I mean, coming back to our original discussion of who he's willing to throw under the bus, including his closest, quote unquote, allies and friends. Yeah, look, I mean, it's not a bad thing to stop a terrorist organization from badly disrupting international commerce.

No, and not only that, but withdrew from this campaign without informing the Israelis he was doing it. I mean, coming back to our original discussion of who he's willing to throw under the bus, including his closest, quote unquote, allies and friends. Yeah, look, I mean, it's not a bad thing to stop a terrorist organization from badly disrupting international commerce.

I don't know the intricacies of this campaign, why it failed. You know, from what I understand, without... actual boots on the ground without a real intelligence capability in Yemen, which the Israelis haven't got to the degree that the United States has, is going to be a very heavy lift for the Israelis to do alone what we were doing on their behalf or in concert with them.

I don't know the intricacies of this campaign, why it failed. You know, from what I understand, without... actual boots on the ground without a real intelligence capability in Yemen, which the Israelis haven't got to the degree that the United States has, is going to be a very heavy lift for the Israelis to do alone what we were doing on their behalf or in concert with them.

I don't know the intricacies of this campaign, why it failed. You know, from what I understand, without... actual boots on the ground without a real intelligence capability in Yemen, which the Israelis haven't got to the degree that the United States has, is going to be a very heavy lift for the Israelis to do alone what we were doing on their behalf or in concert with them.

But it's interesting, too. I mean, you know, I think of that series of emojis that I guess Hegseth put into the signal chat, Jeffrey Goldberg, it was two fists and a big kaboom and an American flag.

But it's interesting, too. I mean, you know, I think of that series of emojis that I guess Hegseth put into the signal chat, Jeffrey Goldberg, it was two fists and a big kaboom and an American flag.

But it's interesting, too. I mean, you know, I think of that series of emojis that I guess Hegseth put into the signal chat, Jeffrey Goldberg, it was two fists and a big kaboom and an American flag.

You know, now it's kind of like the wah-wah emoji, you know what I mean? Where's this gone? Like the big eyes, bottom emoji. And notice Trump's response that, oh, the Houthis, they're tough hombres. They're quite brave. Bravery, I think, was the word he chose, that they withstood this merciless campaign against them.