Who has been pushing toward where for the last 30 years?
“Who said he thought that?”
I did. NATO has neither the intention nor the capability to invade Russia and Putin knows it. Governments would fall if any leader even said it out loud.
“Who has been pushing toward where for the last 30 years.”
Let’s ask the Georgians. I’m sure they have an opinion.
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The Russians spent half of the 20th century brutalizing Eastern Europe. They were held in virtual slavery by one of the most odious evil political systems ever devised, save islam.
I can’t blame them one bit for wanting to join NATO. Now we can debate whether or not that’s wise all day long. But one can certainly understand the motivation.
Now the Russian government is saying that Ukraine doesn’t even have a right to exist as a country. Are the Ukrainians are supposed to roll over and let the Russians take over again? Maybe the memory of millions being deliberately starved to death while Russians raped their country is still a bit fresh in their minds.
Screw that nonsense. If the Russians pack up their troops and go home tomorrow this all ends. All of it. Well, there is the little matter of the bill for all the damage they did. A decade or so of oil, gas, and mineral revenues should cover most of that.
Does this mean I’m a big fan of the Ukrainian government? No, it does not. They’re corruption differs only in scale. That being said I don’t like big countries invading small countries. Yes, that goes for the US, too.
But this ain’t 1938. Putin doesn’t get to roll tanks and artillery across an internationally recognized border without consequences. And we shouldn’t stand by with our thumbs up our asses while he does it.
Because China is watching this little dust up very, very carefully. If Putin succeeds Taiwan is next. And we have vital national security interests there.
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