tobybrut Giab
2 months ago edited
The situation there is a lot more complicated than just an invasion by Russia. There are eastern Ukraine provinces that WANT to be a part of Russia. Europe helped to negotiate the Minsk Protocols between Ukraine and Russia, which essentially gives those provinces autonomy. The Minsk Protocols did not stop the civil war going on in that area, unfortunately. It is not just a case of Russian aggression here. They see it as a defensive move to protect Russians in eastern Ukraine and as defense against yet another NATO front. War is not desired, of course, but the West lead by Brandon has been rather feckless in finding a solution that doesn't involve a Russian invasion.

NATO is another piece of that Ukraine puzzle, and this is where all of our presidents have failed going directly back to Bill Clinton, who treated the newly liberated Russia as a conquered foe rather than trying to get Russia to become a friend or ally. Russia has far more in common with the West than it does with Communist China, yet persistently, Russia has been pushed into the arms of the Chicoms. Yes, Russia has a large nuclear force, but not so much anything else. It has a tiny economy and a far weaker military (except nuclear) that poses no real threat. Russia watched as its former Soviet republics turned into NATO members and feels like it is under siege. They do not want Ukraine brought into NATO creating yet another front that could threaten it. What Clinton and his successors should have done was to concentrate on Russia itself to bring it into NATO or at least to become a friendly nation. Ukraine and its eastern provinces would be a regional problem now instead of a global problem. Is it too late? I don't know, but there's enough bad blood between Putin and Western leaders that there may be no resolution, but this was a failure that goes back three decades. Brandon just makes it worse because he is essentially an empty suit.

NATO is outdated and needs to be repurposed to defending against the real enemy, the Chicoms, and to de-emphasize Russia as its primary opponent.