[Zhang Fei]

Ukraine ping

[I can’t believe that the western powers are so stupid and ignorant of history. That part of the world around the Ukraine has been embroiled in conflict since the dawn of history. There are never any winners.]

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The existence of Russia as a single empire is proof not only that there are winners, but that Russia has generally won. And that is pretty much the problem. If both were comparably-sized countries like Azerbaijan and Armenia, no one would care. The issue is Russia’s size - 2/3 the land area of NATO and 4x the land area of European NATO. The fear is of a repeat of the unthinkably rapid victory by Germany in WW2.

In theory, the Western Allies pre-WW2 had 4x Germany’s economy. In WW1, France, with British help, had stalemated Germany for 4 years. The general consensus was that a German invasion of France would again result in stalemate. Then all the theories became moot as Germany overran France in 6 weeks. On paper, the West should be able to hold Russia when it advances beyond Ukraine. The reality is nobody knows. That’s why the West is supplying Ukraine.

[PIF]

Before Russia was Russia it was Moscovia, a swamp and forest country. Hundreds of years before that Ukraine was the Kivian-Rus’ Empire.

Peter the Great (sic) renamed his country from Moscovia to Rus, and later Rus-sia or Russia, because he wanted his kingdom to be come a great empire like Kivian-Rus’ was and like the Byzantium Empire before it.

Russia has been stealing and invading countries ever since to achieve Peter the Great’s dream.