[Tommy Revolts]

I don't know what to tell ya FReeps.
Maybe it has always been apart of Russia. Who's to say? Its certainly a border.

We all know Ukraine is an Oligarchy, and corrupt as all get out.
Just ask Joe and Hunter.

NATO needed to back off, that's for sure.

[LeoWindhorse]

I agree on this point

Ukraine and NATO should have totally stopped all the
>Join NATO< rhetoric in the lead-up to this conflict.

Putin had his points and NATO totally disregarded them.
The Bear struck....
All of this could have been avoided, 100%
Now 100s of 1000s have died, Ukraine is totally being
destroyed, in detail, and Russia has been rendered a pariah state.
Not to mention the untold value of the arms being thrown, and the disruption of the world’s economy.
It gave Biden a handy crisis to exploit...
And for what end?
We are tettering on the edge of full-on nuclear conflict over this matter.

[MercyFlush]

“We all know Ukraine is an Oligarchy, and corrupt as all get out. Just ask Joe and Hunter.”

The difference between Ukraine and Russia is that Ukraine was busy implementing the requisite judicial, governmental, civil rights, and contract reforms for joining the European Union.

This is what truly alarmed Putin was the prospect of a prosperous European country on the border of a backwards oligarchy. Can’t have the Russian people getting any silly ideas about decent government, can we?

And now Russia is bleeding itself white in this failed war of conquest.

Ceterum censeo Ruthenia esse delendam.