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Yup, because Putin wants "peace" and not the annihilation of a free and independent Ukraine, as stated in his 5,000 word essay, on the official Kremlin website which states that Ukraines independence was a historical mistake and where Putin says "I am confident that true sovereignty of Ukraine is possible only in partnership with Russia.”

At the 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest, Putin made this clear when he told then US President George W. Bush that “Ukraine is not even a state.” Putin has also repeatedly referred to Ukraine as “little Russia,” a Tsarist-era term to describe Ukrainian lands.

”On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians"

Yes, because first of all there is the concept of self-defense.

Secondly, Ukraine targeted military airplanes that launched nightly missile attacks on Ukraines cities. Russia is targeting civilians.

Sure, because Russians didn't conduct nightly drone and missile attacks on the civilian population before that? Okay

LOL, yes NATO "surrounds" Russia. Okay

Fire burns through a destroyed home attacked during the Russian strike that killed five on June 5, 2025.

A Ukrainian apartment building with destruction after the Russian drone strike.

Firefighters extinguish a flame near the remains of a destroyed building. 6 Firefighters extinguish a flame near the remains of a destroyed building.

No. Putin is unwilling to STOP invading Ukraine, annexing its land, and killing its civilians nightly.

As far as I know, no.

Whats the point? We are not a threat to Mexico and they are not a threat to us. Except for drugs, illegals, etc.

Are you seriously suggesting that if Mexico invited Chinese military personnel as advisors, we would invade Mexico?

Response was to why withdrawing NATO protection from countries, like Estonia, was very consequential.

There is a tremendous difference between sending troops to Europe responding to a Russian attack that killed NATO troops and sending US troops responding to a Russian invasion of a Non NATO country.

Yup, Rand at this point is just an obstructionist.

Chines have bought land near US military bases.

Everybody spies on everybody.

Billionaire cannot understand how Congress works.

We got tired of sending Ukraine JUST weapons, with NO US casualties.

Before Putin invaded Ukraine, he demanded NATO withdraw from eastern Europe: Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, etc leaving all those countries under Russian "sphere of influence".

Right, and the small units that were there were a serious invasion threat to Russia? Please

Right, who is surprised Russia is breaking the Geneva Conventions. Its what Putin does, break treaties.

LOL, the russian "buffer zone". Invade a country seizing vast swathes of territory and publicly call it a "buffer zone". Okay

Tell that to the Georgians who lost 20% of their land to the Russians.

We would have only had to tell Russia to leave them alone or else.

Really, we could tell Putin to leave Ukraine "or else"?

Our weapons were mostly in Germany, FAR FROM THE RUSSIAN BORDER.

RUSSIAN WEAPONS WERE ON UKRAINES BORDER and they used them to invade Ukraine.

See the difference?

There was no other reason to expand NATO

ONCE AGAIN. Finland is a perfect example. 20% of Finland was seized by the Russians in WW2 with Finland forced to sign a neutrality agreement.

As the leader of Finland would you continue to rely on those agreements after Putin shredded all his agreements with Ukraine to honor its borders or would you quickly join NATO?

Thats the reason NATO has expanded, Russia with Putin is a threat to its neighbors, to their very existence.

Right, because there was no russian equivalent ALL OVER Ukraine.