Remember about 7 years ago when the US futzed around in Ukraine's elections? That American-made d-baggery has led to what's happening today. I don't think Putin is the bad guy he's being made out to be. There is no reason to bring Ukraine into NATO. We would probably all be better off if NATO were abolished.
I heard this guy (John Curtis) in the opening segment of Coast-to-Coast AM earlier and had to look up the article. I agree with his analysis.
Putin has said openly to the press that the Russian troop buildup was designed to send a loud message to the U.S. and NATO that Russia would not tolerate further encroachment by NATO in the region. Zelensky has made no secret of Ukraine’s desire to join NATO, so the Transatlantic partnership fight Ukraine’s battles with the Russian Federation. Zelensky demands that Moscow return the Crimean peninsula to Ukraine, something Putin seized March 1, 2014. No Western official acknowledges that the Feb. 22, 2014 CIA-backed coup toppled the pro-Kremlin government of Viktor Yanukovych, driving the duly elected president out of Kiev. When the dust settled, 50-year-old former heavyweight boxer Vitali Klitschko became the Kiev mayor, leading the pro-Western government with 56-year-old former President Petro Poroshenko. Zelensky took office May 20, 2019,
Biden knows that had the CIA-backed coup not happened Feb. 22, 2014, Putin would not have annexed Crimea to protect his naval base in Sevastopol. But to Biden and Western countries it’s always Putin as the aggressor, denying any part in bringing about his strategic decision to invade Crimea after the coup. Biden’s threats of economic sanctions are bound to antagonize Putin because he feels that Russia is the victim of Western aggression, not the other way around. Zelensky hasn’t helped defuse tensions a accusing Russia of an attempted coup last month. Zelensky’s overture to NATO have irked the Kremlin, leaving Putin stating that Russia has its “red lines” when it comes to NATO. “Joe Biden has no one to blame but himself for the situation in Russia,” said Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ak.), referring to Ukraine. Cotton surely knows that there’s little Biden can do to de-escalate the situation along the border.
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