Agree. I thought Putin wanted the whole enchilada.
If you listened to his speech prior to this “war” He never said any of that. All of this hype was whipped up by the propaganda machine and arm chair generals with keyboards who decided they know what someone else says and does even though they don’t.
And now, things are much worse for all of us in the end no matter what happens. That said, this chaos is what some people needed at the expense of people they don’t care about. It is all sickening.
I’ve been wondering why so many thought that.
“Agree. I thought Putin wanted the whole enchilada.”
That’s because you drank the koolaid coming from the deepstate and the MSM. Putin just wanted to protect Russia from the same forces that have destroyed this country.
Don’t think that was it. He would be in a Vietnam-like situation. It seemed like Ukraine not being in NATO was the big one. Putin has been harping on that point for what...12 years or so?