I repeat, its retarded to suggest Ukrain was going to 'recapture' Crimea. You yourself wrote "Strongest military in Europe except for Russia". So how was Ukraine supposed to recapture Crimea from Russia, which has a stronger military? Ukraine with no airforce, no navy and no ballistic missiles. Its Russian conspiracy nonsense.
Let’s talk turkey! The United States of America is no longer the country we knew and loved. It is in a perpetual state of decline. But, our extraordinarily incompetent leadership does not recognize this and operates off the same script as always. We are THE SUPERPOWER OF THE WORLD.
Anyone with an IQ a little north of 100 knew that we no longer had the power to compel the world to do whatever we say and yet we deliberately provoked a military altercation with Russia and apparently truly believed that we could rally the world to destroy their economy...turn their ruble into rubble, blah, blah, blah.
So yes these fools thought that we could assist our well trained client state into defeating Russia. That’s why they chose this plan.
Don’t embarrass yourself further with nonsense like “Its Russian conspiracy nonsense.” That’s not even worthy of a response.