the West became vulnerable because Putin invaded Ukraine?
And why earth did the West blind itself to Putin's obsession with reconstituting the Soviet Union when he said this was his dream over and over again?
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Next step is for China to nationalize all their factories in China, and voila!...China owns much of the West's manufacturing power, and much of its know how. But western business men keep sending IP and factories over there.
Seems like the West is always blind to the ambitions of dictators and the like, whose ambitions are soon last century...no one thinks that way anymore, right?
Putin never said he wants to reconstitute USSR.
I bet you never really heard or read Putin's speech because western media never fully report his full speech in their news report. His recent speech on mobilization a month ago, all English media didn't gave full speech. Among whole western media, only France's Le Figaro is the only media that reported the full speech immediately.
Kennan's containment theory becamew irrelevant after the Soviet Union imploded.
Putin has repeatedly stated his intention to reconstiute the Soviet Union. That is why he invaded Chenya and Georgia and Crimea and now Ukraine. NO?
But what about the Ukrainian people and Putin's genocide against them?
And what about the othert former Warsaw pact countries who are terrified of Putin?
Who gives a shit. right?
I mean... why did we waste blood and treasure over Europe in WWII?
Link: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/putin-soviet-union-ukraine-rep-michael-waltz
likely they would tolerate another Russian incursion like Crimea). Also, the weaker (appeasement oriented) the US president, the more likely Putin knew he could get away with another territory take back.
Along comes Biden who adds to the impression of weakness with his Afghanistan Debacle.
Putin already got away with taking back Crimea for just a wrist slap under Obama’s watch. But under Trump, he met a much sterner threat, and he realized the time would never be better than with this new US president who appeared even weaker than Obama. And after all, during the Crimea invasion, the only material aid the US provided the Ukrainians was blankets.
Biden further waves a red flag in front of the bulls eyes to charge…..he cancels the US Keystone Pipeline and cancels oil company contracts in the polar ANWR REGION thereby removing the major future competitive threat for his energy sales to Europe AND inexplicably, “The Big Guy” Biden removes the tech help blockade on the U.S. companies that can provide Putin with the ability to complete the final 10% undersea component of his own Nord Stream 2 Pipeline to provide badly needed oil to Germany and the EU.
Germany et al for their part we’re starving themselves with green windmill farms and deconstructed coal plants and nuclear plants aging out without replacement.
A monster like Putin foresaw a token wrist slap for his actions - the EU NEEDED his oil, and without the local EU support, the US would not be nearly as likely to assist or make a difference (and, indeed, Biden even was signaling g such by saying that there was an incursion amount that would be tolerated before it even happened. He also would not give arms ahead of time, and he was very slow to help after the invasion). Germany has still done Jack squat for the Ukraine.
But nobody foresaw the great, great leader Vlodomyr Zelensky, and a few small but brave Allies who supported the Ukrainians fully from the start (Poland).
Biden offered him a chance to flee the country rather than stay and fight with his people. Zelensky said famously to the US and Biden, “I don’t need a ride, I need ammunition”
Biden slowly came around to helping the Ukrainians with more than token support as the political winds in the US and around the world mounted for Zelensky.
Also, nobody foresaw how overrated the Russian military was. It became more and more apparent that the Ukrainians could effectively fight the Russians. In fact, they could hurt the US’s enemy like no one else. The aid flowed fully at that point.
The liberals will spin this, but we all saw it. Remember to vote. We are closer to nuclear war than we have ever been.
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