Neocon started Nato agressive eastward expansion right after cold war which strategists and statements of old generation all said would lead to new cold war between west and Russia. But neocon, starting and leading from Madeleine Albright, ignored this warning and took advantage of a weak Russia's chaotic domestic situation.
Russia finally fought back when their red line - Ukraine as a neutral buffer zone between west and Ukraine in term of security, wad broken. OK. If Ukraine doesn't want to be neutral buffer zone, Russia has to take it as buffer zone. Russia fight this war for survival. Neocon know it. They spread propaganda to hide their aggressive imperial-like strategy.
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