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South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Donetsk, and Luhansk weren't part of Russia post-USSR. > And what it sees as the wresting of its allies by “the West”. Honestly, seein
by roca 5y ago
South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Donetsk, and Luhansk weren't part of Russia post-USSR.
> And what it sees as the wresting of its allies by “the West”. Honestly, seeing how nations fare after trusting the USA (eg Kurds) I can’t really blame them for that.
I think the USA treated the Kurds poorly, but how is that relevant to this? The Baltics were eager to join NATO and are very happy they did. Are you arguing that Russia invaded Ukraine so that they wouldn't join NATO and be treated badly by America in the future?
- EGreg 5y agoHonestly I think it’s basically a combination of four things at once: Separatists overreacting to news of civil war in Odessa and moving to declare independence from Ukraine Kyiv blowing the separatists out of proportion and sending its army in a protracted siege war against them instead of sitting down based on Minsk agreements Putin blowing the “fascist Kyiv government genociding Russians” thing out of proportion and sending his army in a blitzkrieg to destroy Ukrainian capabilities instead of sitting down with Zelenskiy’s government at the highest levels NATO ignoring Russia’s repeated concerns over the years about expansion and surrounding it with the same kind of thing that made JFK ready to go to war during the Cuban missile crisis Basically on every level, sending an army backfires. Better to just not react with violence and use diplomacy. But seems that cooler heads do NOT prevail