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Sure, just like in Afghanistan there is a relatively tiny subset of educated urban elites employed by Western businesses and nonprofits. And, just like with Afg

Sure, just like in Afghanistan there is a relatively tiny subset of educated urban elites employed by Western businesses and nonprofits. And, just like with Afghanistan, the American media coverage of that group would have you believe nobody else lives there, but of course that is simply ridiculous. I agree that stationing troops there earlier would have almost certainly prevented the war, but that would have required NATO to see beyond its own arrogance for once, and if that were possible then the situation wouldn’t have come that far to begin with. That said, preventing wars by flooding the globe with American military bases is a definition of insanity that hasn’t exactly worked out so far. I think you may want to reconsider the logical conclusion of your proposal.

jacquesm 5y ago
> Sure, just like in Afghanistan there is certainly a relatively tiny subset of educated elites employed by Western businesses and nonprofits. I think you are underestimating Ukraine severely. It is roughly at the level of Romania or Bulgaria. > But, just like with Afghanistan, the American media coverage of that group would have you believe nobody else lives there, which is ridiculous. I don't need American media coverage for countries that are much closer than America to learn about them. It's closer than the typical holiday destination from here. > I agree that stationing troops there earlier would have likely prevented the war, but that would require NATO to see beyond its own arrogance for once, and if that were possible then the situation wouldn’t have come this far to begin with. The prevailing idea at the time was not to provoke Putin, which retrospectively was the mistake that made this possible. > That said, preventing wars by flooding the globe with American military bases is a definition of insanity that hasn’t exactly worked out so far. I think you may want to reconsider the logical conclusion of your proposal. Those bases are in large part there because the countries themselves want those bases there.
- nopenopenopeno 5y ago
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    > Btw, just say your from Germany already. Why would I do that?

jacquesm 5y ago

> Sure, just like in Afghanistan there is certainly a relatively tiny subset of educated elites employed by Western businesses and nonprofits. I think you are underestimating Ukraine severely. It is roughly at the level of Romania or Bulgaria. > But, just like with Afghanistan, the American media coverage of that group would have you believe nobody else lives there, which is ridiculous. I don't need American media coverage for countries that are much closer than America to learn about them. It's closer than the typical holiday destination from here. > I agree that stationing troops there earlier would have likely prevented the war, but that would require NATO to see beyond its own arrogance for once, and if that were possible then the situation wouldn’t have come this far to begin with. The prevailing idea at the time was not to provoke Putin, which retrospectively was the mistake that made this possible. > That said, preventing wars by flooding the globe with American military bases is a definition of insanity that hasn’t exactly worked out so far. I think you may want to reconsider the logical conclusion of your proposal. Those bases are in large part there because the countries themselves want those bases there.

nopenopenopeno 5y ago
- jacquesm 5y ago
  > Btw, just say your from Germany already. Why would I do that?