In case he forgets, Russia has shared a border with at least one NATO ally for the past 70 years, and the USSR shared a border with even more. Yet...no invasion then. And the argument about missiles is simply ridiculous given that missiles don't have to be fired from a neighboring country anyway to make it to Russia. Russia can have a ballistic missile sub right off our coast that would be closer to Washington D.C. than any Ukrainian-based missiles would be to Russia.
The guy just wants to reconstitute the Russian Empire/USSR for his own ego-driven reasons. All the crap about Russia truly feeling "threatened" is propaganda.
Really? I simply do not understand how you can come to this conclusion about his ego being the driver for him wanting to "reconstitute... the USSR".
More and more of the comments on FR about this issue are seemingly so emotionally driven. It's challenging to have a discussion given this.
And so could our Tridents, not TO mention France and UK are nuclear powers.
I don't know what the deal is with Russia and Ukraine, but I do believe Putin's mention of using nukes is a bluff. He may be an imperialistic SOB who longs for the old Soviet empire, but I'm don't think he's a crazy SOB who has forgotten Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD).
Let them fight it out and Europe protect itself. NO MORE AMERICAN KIDS KILLED OR MAIMED!
“The guy just wants to reconstitute the Russian Empire/USSR”
That’s what a relative of mine wanted. Crazy Democrats.
“...an idiot who predicted that Ukraine would fall in 2 days...”
Thank you for posting this and holding this guy accountable for his Putinista prediction. Lots of Freepers made the same prophesy or just said the war would be over before it started but now are still posting their garbage on FR.