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Peace and stability is how we are in this mess. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. Western Europe did nothing, to keep the peace. Russia was emboldened to continue

by yardie 4y ago

Peace and stability is how we are in this mess. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. Western Europe did nothing, to keep the peace. Russia was emboldened to continue the campaign to annex the rest of Ukraine because they knew no one was going to stop them. And outside of monetary and weapons aid they were mostly right, the Ukrainians are in this fight by themselves. Everyone else is making excuses about keeping the peace and not letting the price of gas get too high.

hef19898 4y ago
When Russia annexed Ukraine nobody anything, including the US. Besides, of course, working with Ukraine behind the scenes to prepare for a potential similar event. And that oreparation worked, didn't it? I like how HN ignores the historical context when it comes to Russia, gas and Europe. This history goes much further back than 2014...
- TMWNN 4y ago
  >When Russia annexed Ukraine nobody anything, including the US. The US began under Obama an intensive program to retrain the Ukrainian armed forces away from the Soviet-era tactics that had failed miserably against Russia in the east, and provide equipment. Trump and Biden continued this. Without this, Russia's gambit of seizing Kiev and defeating Ukraine in 72 hours in the February war might have succeeded.