They have and you ignore it. We fanned the embers of nazism in western Ukraine. We spent a few billion and helped them throw a coup. We pushed for them to come into NATO right up to Russia’s border and taking over the Navy base at Sevastopol.
When ethnic cleansing started the Donbass and Crimea opted out of the coup. So Kiev attacked to try to spread their power to all of old Ukraine’s territory. Minsk II was exposed to be nothing but a ploy to build up forces for more fighting.
All their offers of negotiations with us were bluntly refused.
This left Putin two choices. One unacceptable, and a tragic one.
1) Do nothing and watch NATO base all over Ukraine, and watch the Ukes complete the ethnic cleansing.
2) fight and get what we have today.
We forced him into it. And he knows the lesson of Munich.
Ultimately an expansionist authoritarian enemy only respects force.
He did the right thing. But it’s sad we created this hell on earth. Hopefully Putin’s actions weaken the DC/EU/London Axis.
Right on the money. It is always nice to know that there are still some people who can see things for what they really are.
LOL, sure, Putin invading neighboring countries in Europe(WW2 anybody?) for territorial annexation is the "right thing". Idiocy
Ukraine has the right to make any economic or military agreement, just like Finland or any another county in Europe.
In 2003 Putin and the Ukrainian president signed “Treaty Between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on the Russian–Ukrainian State Border”. It set Ukraine’s borders as they were in 1991 & was lodged with the UN.
