I'm glad she touched on Russia, though I haven't read a lot of commentary on whether they were involved. It seems like it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine so. Clearly this plays into Russia's desire to weaken the US support for Ukraine, which will almost certainly be the case when we start shipping more arms to Israel. We appear to already to maxed out on arms shipments, so it's a zero sum game at this point. I hope that if there's any intelligence to support Russia's role that it will be leaked. It is in Biden's interest to make that connection if it's apparent. It is sad to say, but pretty much since the Arab Spring the world has been looking more and more like pre-WWI all over again.
March 23, 2023: Hamas sent high-level delegation to Moscow at Russia’s invitation October 3, 2023: Iran to trade Hezbollah arms to Moscow, Arab tribes in Syria (link may be spotty due to the fact that Israel is facing an onslaught of cyberattacks, including some tied to Russia, while battling Hamas No surprise then that (October 10, 2023) White House considers adding Ukraine to Israel aid package Meanwhile in Russia, So no surprise that three hours ago, “[Washington] tried to monopolize regulating [the conflict], but was unfortunately unconcerned with finding compromises acceptable for both sides,” Putin added. “It put forward ideas on how it should be done and pressured both sides. Each time, however, without taking into account the fundamental interests of the Palestinian people.” Putin Says U.S. Foreign Policy Failure Caused Israel-Hamas War Russia is about to be using surplus Hezbollah weaponry against Ukraine. "wouldn't be a stretch" is a rather forgiving assessment of the situation at hand in my opinion.“I think many will agree with me that this is a clear example of the failure of U.S. policy in the Middle East,” Putin said at a Kremlin meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani.
Having read about the collapse of the CIA in Legacy of Ashes and reading the Washington Post describe the CIA as the 4th largest air force in the world or some shit, I'm pretty sure the money we say we're giving to Ukraine has nothing to do with the money we're spending on Ukraine. I'd give it better than even odds that "Phoenix Ghost" is just the code name the CIA uses to pay off Musk for use of Starlink in Ukraine. At one point, 80% of the world's liquid hydrogen was in a warehouse on Burbank Avenue. And at one point, Howard Hughes was looking for Manganese nodules. So we can piss and moan about appropriations but I have absolutely zero doubt that cold-war-magnitude blank checks are being written in several hemispheres right now.