One writer claimed Putin was forced to attack because feared the loss of Ukraine to the West. How could Russia lose Ukraine? Russia didn't own Ukraine, so how could they lose it? Ukraine wanted to be part of the E.U. and join NATO, and any clabber about Russia being afraid of NATO is strictly propaganda to justify his aggression in these former Soviet states.
Russia Was Scared So They Had to Attack Ukraine, Part II
It's called revanche, the desire to require lost territory. Everything else is horsepucky!!!!!
So
many writers will post some good stuff over this conflict, and what
needs to be done, and then ruin everything by coming back and blaming
the wrong people for this mess. One writer nonsensically claimed:
"There has been enough recklessness in our relations with Russia over the past decade, starting with the Maidan coup that was engineered by Victoria Nuland."
The Maidan coup was engineered by Victoria Nuland? What nonsense, while it's true the US supported this effort for freedom by Ukrainians, this is all ....every bit of it.... on Putin!!
Let's stop this clabber how the west forced his aggression on Ukraine. The Maidan revolution was triggered by the government's abandon of the Ukraine constitution by then President Yanukovych, who years earlier the Russians tired to assassinate by poisoning him with dioxin, and they were sick of the corruption, the abuse of power, the impact of Ukrainian oligarchs on their economy, police abuse of power, all of which entailed human rights violations, all of which were extended through the revolution.
Ultimately what did Russia do as a result of this effort in freedom? Putin invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea. Putin's rules. Stay obedient or I will invade. Don't do anything that may diminish Russian influence, or I will invade.
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This entire mess is all on him. If you really want to extend the blame to stupid Europeans who embraced green energy insanity, or Biden for destroying American energy independence, all of which put the Europeans at the Russian's mercy causing a rise in energy costs and ultimately funded Putin's invasion, then I will give you that. Otherwise.....this is all on Putin, period.
