The Germans who fought and died on the Eastern front probably thought otherwise. In any case, this thread does not appear to be for you.
For everyone else, here is where I stand. This repeats what I’ve been saying since early on:
Ukraine officials and media are lying to us.
Russian officials and media are lying to us.
USA officials and media are damn sure lying to us.
EU officials and media are lying to us.
UK officials and media are lying to us.
Etc.
In war, the first casualty is the truth.
I am completely uninterested in US involvement until this Administration comes clean on all the Hunter and James Biden, and Clinton, bribes from Ukraine. Which isn’t going to happen.
Excellent points. Good job.
This article is good, but it is one of those that argues that a countries future is dictated by its past. There is truth to that, but also exceptions.
Poland had no real history of democracy, nor did any of the Baltic or Balkan states, but democracy has done well in those areas post-communism. Why did not in Russia?
“I am completely uninterested in US involvement until this Administration comes clean on all the Hunter and James Biden, and Clinton, bribes from Ukraine. Which isn’t going to happen.”
I would agree with you if I thought that corruption was behind ANY cause for Putin’s war on Ukraine, which I think is an idea that many learned sources, including the author of the article from Finland, would TOTALLY disagree with.
That is an intellectually lazy post. One can look at some facts on the ground in Ukraine and draw conclusions. The Kiev Junta stands. Putin has failed to “denazify” Ukraine. Sweden and Finland reject the Russian narrative entirely and are poised to join NATO. Putin has spectacularly failed to contain NATO if that was his goal. You can ignore reality if you wish but the facts speak for themselves.