Union, to the modern world. that s what putin wanted to stop. he was moving on that timetable. he saw it happening faster and faster, and he wanted to stop it before ukraine was inexorably linked to the european union. he s fast tracked it. everything he wanted to happen has not happened. in fact, it s all blown up in his face. jonathan lemire, action this morning on the morning joe twitter feed. i quoted this morning jim garrity from national review, a great quote we re always hear, oh, democracy is brittle, western liberal democracy is brittle i get so tired of hearing it because it s always a lie. always a lie. but he s talking about how badly china has reacted to the covid crisis. man, it is horrible there. he has this quote, evergreen