Today's News: Oops

I deleted one of my tweets today. 

It was, of course, about the situation in the Ukraine and in it, I supported the NATO decision not to implement a No Fly List, also criticizing Ukraine's negative reaction to NATO's decision. 

But as the hours went by, and I got some people criticizing me and some supporting me, I came to the conclusion that my opinion was likely wrong, or at the very least, too slapdash and not nuanced enough:

I just deleted a tweet from this afternoon about the NFZ issue - on the whole, people I follow did not support it, while others I don't follow seemed to think it was OK.
So now I think I need to re-think my thinking.
Sorry, everyone.

— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 😷🏳️‍🌈 (@CathieCanada) March 5, 2022

All in all, I was reminded of the pinned tweet from the great Charles Pierce:

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." - Marcus Aurelius

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) June 2, 2020

Yes, we definitely do need to escape that, don't we.

And now, on with the news for today:

In the good news category, aid is now reaching Ukraine.

Massive amounts of new weapons including anti aircraft missiles and Stingers poured into Ukraine on Friday. At least 14 cargo aircraft. https://t.co/AF3hjB6afe

— EMPR.MEDIA (@EuromaidanPR) March 5, 2022

The defeatism is astounding… and consistent. These same conclusions were forecasted 10 days ago. I judge Kyiv will stand. The Russian are running out of combat power and don’t have enough assets to take this great city. https://t.co/gL9ooCgvfN

— Alexander S. Vindman (@AVindman) March 5, 2022

“But Ukrainian officials this week said a reverse trend was also taking place, with about 80,000 people entering the country through its western borders during the same period, most of them men.” https://t.co/cYCWSqj6l9

— 🇨🇦🇺🇦🌻Carla Rae (@CarlaMeckelborg) March 5, 2022

Seems like this was the first relatively quiet night in Kyiv since Russian fascists invaded Ukraine. Mariupol is under RU siege. Kharkiv and Sumy fighting. Mykolaiv kicking ass. Kherson refusing to take RU “humanitarian aid”.
RU are looting.

Ukraine stands! #StandWithUkraine️

— olexander scherba🇺🇦 (@olex_scherba) March 5, 2022

Exhausted in terms of combat effectiveness. What follows next I don’t know. Maybe a ceasefire where both sides reorganize and resupply, maybe a settlement. It depends on the course of the war and the situation in Russia. End.

— Michael Kofman (@KofmanMichael) March 5, 2022

We heard President Zelenskyy's call. Remington is sending 1M rounds of ammo to Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/VYhHbeJ8EA

— Remington (@RemingtonArms) March 4, 2022

The REAL freedom truck convoy… pic.twitter.com/haT7r3M6sF

— Barbara Elliott (@elliottBA) March 5, 2022

And file this under the category "There ain't nobody here but us chickens":