To ensure the independance of the DPR and LPR republics: to prevent the current Ukranian regime from attacking them anymore.
FReepers - if taking up arms to ensure another country's independance is wrong, then please cast your minds back to Kosovo.
Kosovo wasn't US territory. It's independance was assured by US arms, including months of bombardment of Belgrade.
If Kosovo's independance can be assured by the might and valor of the US, why can't Russia step in to help Russophones literally on its border?
Not trying to trap anyone here, nor establish a 'gotcha'. Just want to see what arguments we can make either way. Fellow FReepers, why is one different from the other?
The Clinton administration decided to join forces with the KLA, a group of insurgents to take apart Yugoslavia. That was a bad idea, and typical of the kind of international trouble making the Clintons like to be involved with.
You get no argument from me. It shows you’ve done some research and actually know what’s going on in the area, unlike many of the freepers who believe every sob story the media propagates. 😖