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To: piasa

The Russian buildup didn’t start until AFTER October 2021 (when we offered NATO member ship to Ukraine) along the border, then they started live fire training exercises, and finally invaded 4 months later.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/01/satellite-russia-ukraine-military-518337

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59288181

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/04/europe/russia-ukraine-military-buildup-intl-cmd/index.html

Before you begin to talk big and call folk’s names, at least get you basic facts straight.

Otherwise, you just look like a fool with a very strong opinion.

This caused a war: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-president-zelenskiy-holding-talks-with-biden-adviser-says-2021-12-09/

That was our decision, and it was us “lying” about not expanding NATO Eastward. It was us being hypocrites, because we wouldn’t allow a major foreign power building bases along our border. It was us gambling with the lives of 41 million people because it made political and economic sense.

But as usual, those with no argument resort to name calling and other fallacies to pretend at least in their own mind like they have an argument.

This war is starting to end and Ukraine is a basket case economically/politically/demographically. This war is an abject failure, not achieving our political goal of NATO membership for Ukraine and failing to accomplish our military objectives of stopping the Russians from seizing the Eastern ethnic Russian area in Ukraine. We blew nearly 300,000,000,000 USD all inclusive. You and all the other folks out there which essentially advocated for this should ask yourself, “was it worth it?”


14 posted on 04/16/2024 6:20:00 AM PDT by Red6
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To: Red6

Some Russian propaganda there. Putin intends to conquer Ukraine. As simple as that.


16 posted on 04/16/2024 10:40:09 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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