> Why is Putin doing this? Because he can. That's it, that's all you need to know. I stopped after reading the second paragraph. The conflict in the Ukraine is

> Why is Putin doing this? Because he can. That's it, that's all you need to know. I stopped after reading the second paragraph. The conflict in the Ukraine is barely HN material and if we still want to discuss it, I'd suggest we stick to better sources - the nytimes did a pretty good analysis of what's going on.