Good article, thanks for posting.
It makes much more sense than all the clap-trap that our government is trying to push on us.
The only side I am on in this Russia/Ukraine war is on the side of the innocent Ukranian people.
From the article......
Trump’s right: Putin is a genius. Unfortunately, we seem to be in a historically rare period in which the leaders of 1.5 billion people, i.e., the West, are to a person either feckless, obtuse, senile or some combination of the three.
Now that we have President Potted Plant in office, Putin has made his move. BTW, the story is that Russian annexed Crimea some years ago. Putin’s version is that the Crimeans had a plebiscite, and over 90% voted to leave Ukraine and join Russia. That alone should give you an idea of what a dysfunctional country Ukraine is.
Putin has no intention of “reconstituting the Soviet Union.” That’s a big fat lie. This war is the West’s fault, not Putin’s. At any time, we could have discussed these issues with him. Instead of seeking closer ties with Russia (as Trump was attempting — he even talked about disbanding NATO, since Russia is no longer a territorial threat to Europe), we constantly antagonize Russian with our NATO expansion.
I believe Crimea was given to Ukraine when it was still USSR. Iirc, by Khrushchev. So they were a Russian population.