Sad fact is that they likely feel safe now to state the b1**dy obvious as the tide of public opinion+awareness changes. More a question of initial conforming cowardice than belated enlightenment.

So I'm therefore by definition obviously - like Jimmy Dore, Ray McGovern, Scott Ritter etc - a super-intellectual. A geopolitical genius.

Our ilk needed just a few hours or days to comprehend most of the underlying geopolitical motives, root causes etc that led to Putin's decision to invade.

When do we get our honorary PhD's in super-intellectualism?