[Timber Rattler]

6 years ago is NOT eons ago, RB. The Russians felt threatened then, and very shortly moved against Georgia. They've been wary of the West ever since This past fall and winter, when the U.S. and EU meddled in Ukrainian politics, the Russians believed that their suspicions were justified, and so here we are.

Take off the blinders. Russia is a thousand years old and has a long memory. Six years ago is like yesterday to them.

[rbmillerjr]

“6 years ago is NOT eons ago, RB.”

You are correct in chronological terms. But in real terms Bush’s overtures to bring Ukraine and Georgia into Nato were rejected immediately. So, what you bring up as the reason for this situation, is irrelevant to this situation.

Russia is annexing Ukraine because it wants Ukraine, forcibly back into it’s orbit.