Before Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Russia was being seen more and more as a friend and NATO was in serious decline, so much so that Trump was having to threaten other member countries to keep up their ends of the deal.
Now, thanks to Putin, NATO is expanding, European countries are lining up to support Ukraine, Russia has lost markets and friends, while Putin’s military is killing and maiming and destroying his neighbors, along with 100s of thousands of his own, too.
The “I did that” meme did belong to Biden, but now it’s Putin’s.
Putin is doing this. Not Vicky Nuland, not obama, not Biden, nor any former or current European leader of any NATO country.
All they are is just the excuse Vladimir Vladimirovich needed, his someone/something to blame, for him to do what he is doing now, which is apparently what he has always wanted to do anyway.
Eternity waits for us all, Vladimir Vladimirovich, but I have to wonder about what you set in motion and what is coming for you now in this life. Repent while there’s still time.
“...thanks to Putin, NATO is expanding, European countries are lining up to support Ukraine, Russia has lost markets and friends, while Putin’s military is killing and maiming and destroying his neighbors, along with 100s of thousands of his own ... Putin is doing this. Not Vicky Nuland, not obama, not Biden, nor any former or current European leader of any NATO country...”
What you say is true. But the weak response to Russia’s invasion of the Republic of Georgia and the weak response of the West to Russia’s 2014 land grabs helped embolden the bully eleven-time-zone country to launch the all-out invasion of the one-time-zone country. Ukraine, to its credit has written a great chapter in innovative and intrepid military history.