I doubt that it was planned as a direct confrontation with NATO and the US.
Well, that turned out to be a shortcoming in the planning, didn’t it? Did Putin think that invading Ukraine would go unnoticed or that the rest of the world would buy the idea that Russia was just going after ‘Fascists’ in Ukraine?
The only reason any of this is our business at all is because Clinton committed the U.S. to providing arms to Ukraine in exchange for its giving up its nuclear arsenal. Yes, I know it was not a treaty ratified by the Senate, but there it is/was.
We know Putin did not try this when Trump was President. He may well have thought that Brandon might not even notice. But Brandon’s handlers (who are they?) did notice and now Russia finds itself needing to call up reservists to protect bits of Ukraine that Russia is pretty much declaring to be parts of Russia itself.
Just how badly does Russia want or need these bits of Ukraine? How big a price is she willing to pay? The converse can also be asked. How much is US/NATO/EU willing to pay to keep this from happening?
It’s bad enough paying an arm and a leg at the grocery store/gas station, watching my portfolio decrease in value while being told things are better than ever without having to think about some guy wanting to bring the band back together again and some senile guy who can’t find his way off stage getting us into WWIII.
Well, that turned out to be a shortcoming in the planning, didn’t it? "carpe diem"
If teh "dirty RuZZians" can bash in the teeth of their enemies while destroying their military equipment, what's not to like, for them?
This will warn off all the little "creeping NATO" games, and secure their western frontiers, with the cherry-topped dessert of Odessa.
I think that you might also want to start worrying about all the pea-brained DC neocons and EuroTrash kleptocrats who have no reverse gear when it comes to this conflict.
These people can't admit they were wrong about ANYTHING. That should scare you.
and some senile guy who can’t find his way off stage getting us into WWIII.
Holy cr@p!!!
Did you SEE that latest video of King Puppet wandering around onstage as they yelled at him?!??
They were lucky he didn't drop a deuce in his diaper right there.
pro tip: check his eyes for the squint to tell if he went... 
