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The idea that Trump could be president of the United States once more when making these kind of insane commentary is terrifying.
I like how the world was a very peaceful place when Trump was president... Almost as if, our adversaries actually respected us enough not to cause trouble. That is clearly not the case today... Wonder why?
The idea that Trump could be president of the United States once more when making these kind of insane commentary is terrifying. Why are people still giving attention to this clown who undermines democracy and is willing to take the most ridiculous contrarian takes just to score points with the populist conspiracy types. He belongs in prison. Ukraine is not some long standing American ally like Canada or Japan, but to negotiate an appeasement of a megalomaniacal, expansionist dictator like Putin in violation of international law is just ridiculous
Ukraine needs to apologize for starting the war in 2014 and needs to pay for all the murders and destruction they caused in Donbas. They bombed and murdered their own people
We're not a democracy we're a Constitutional Republic.
Forcing the Ukraine government to cede territory to Russia is not a strategy. They didn’t stop with Crimea, nor the Donbass. They want to annex territory all the way to the Dnieper river and there’s been murmurs of them invading Moldova next if their invasion of Ukraine is successful. He will not stop. The idea that Putin gave the slightest F whether it was Trump or Biden as president is just taking everything Trump says as gospel and ignoring real world geopolitics.
To negotiate an appeasement of a megalomaniacal, expansionist dictator like Putin in violation of international law is just ridiculous
"Appeasement" has nothing to do with it. Let's go over the history of this so-called appeasement.
As it relates to Adolf Hitler, the first "appeasement" was the Anschluss with Austria. Hitler was Austrian and the only reason the Anschluss was a big deal was because it violated the Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of Saint-Germain. So ask yourself, why did it violate those treaties? Because after WWI the allies forced Germany and Austria to promise they they would never become the same country. And why would the allies force such a thing which violates Germany and Austria's sovereignty? Because they wanted to keep Germany weak.
Hitler then set his sights on the Sudetenland, which had been part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was 90% German, but was given to the newly formed Czechoslovakia after WWI by the allies.
After that Hitler set his sights on Danzig, which was 95% German but was severed from Germany after WWI, as well as the entire "Polish corridor" to give Poland access to the sea, but which split Germany in half. Again, Hitler was rebuked as an evil expansionist monster.
And this ignores the fact that the Germans in those lands weren't exactly being treated nicely by the governments that came to rule over them. And after WWII, even more Germany territory was taken away and all Germans were expelled(where millions died as a result).
Ukraine is not an ethno-state. It is a country created by Bolsheviks, where a third of the country speaks Russian, and where loyalties aren't necessarily to Kiev. In many ways, Eastern Ukraine is basically the Sudetenland and Crimea is somewhat analogous to Danzig. Furthermore, the Ukrainian government is illegitimate, and they've been abusing the Russians in their territory for nearly a decade.
Before you rant about "appeasement" or "expansionism" or even "international law", you should first ask, "What is just?"
The idea that Trump could be president of the United States once more when making these kind of insane commentary is terrifying. Why are people still giving attention to this clown who undermines democracy and is willing to take the most ridiculous contrarian takes just to score points with the populist conspiracy types. He belongs in prison. Ukraine is not some long standing American ally like Canada or Japan, but to negotiate an appeasement of a megalomaniacal, expansionist dictator like Putin in violation of international law is just ridiculous
Giving attention? Why Child, it's your news agencies doing that.
Forcing the Ukraine government to cede territory to Russia is not a strategy. They didn’t stop with Crimea, nor the Donbass.
I am not sure how can they stop there, if their ultimate goal is the denazification of Ukraine ( which is sorely needed if you ask me.)
How would Russians be able to denazify Germany, without taking Berlin back in 1945?
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They want to annex territory all the way to the Dnieper river and there’s been murmurs of them invading Moldova next if their invasion of Ukraine is successful. He will not stop. The idea that Putin gave the slightest F whether it was Trump or Biden as president is just taking everything Trump says as gospel and ignoring real world geopolitics.
Nah, that's NATO that is trying to rock the boat there now - I think Stoltenberg in particular. From what I remember, he is the one giving hints to Moldova, that if Moldova is tired of being the poorest country in Europe, it's about time to consider "joining the EU family" ( read NATO.)
It's all about that Transnistria region with Russian troops being stationed there, so close to Odessa.
"Appeasement" has nothing to do with it. Let's go over the history of this so-called appeasement.
As it relates to Adolf Hitler, the first "appeasement" was the Anschluss with Austria. Hitler was Austrian and the only reason the Anschluss was a big deal was because it violated the Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of Saint-Germain. So ask yourself, why did it violate those treaties? Because after WWI the allies forced Germany and Austria to promise they they would never become the same country. And why would the allies force such a thing which violates Germany and Austria's sovereignty? Because they wanted to keep Germany weak.
Hitler then set his sights on the Sudetenland, which had been part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was 90% German, but was given to the newly formed Czechoslovakia after WWI by the allies.
After that Hitler set his sights on Danzig, which was 95% German but was severed from Germany after WWI, as well as the entire "Polish corridor" to give Poland access to the sea, but which split Germany in half. Again, Hitler was rebuked as an evil expansionist monster.
Ha, I never knew that ( about the percentage of German population in those places.)
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And this ignores the fact that the Germans in those lands weren't exactly being treated nicely by the governments that came to rule over them. And after WWII, even more Germany territory was taken away and all Germans were expelled(where millions died as a result).
Ukraine is not an ethno-state. It is a country created by Bolsheviks, where a third of the country speaks Russian, and where loyalties aren't necessarily to Kiev. In many ways, Eastern Ukraine is basically the Sudetenland and Crimea is somewhat analogous to Danzig. Furthermore, the Ukrainian government is illegitimate, and they've been abusing the Russians in their territory for nearly a decade.
Before you rant about "appeasement" or "expansionism" or even "international law", you should first ask, "What is just?"
I wondered about that part sometimes.
However, with that being said, if Putin REALLY cared about the ethnic Russians, unifying them around Russia and having this goal in mind, his actions in Ukraine would have been totally different back in 2014.
Instead, he INSISTED on Donbass remaining part of Ukraine for all eight years.
The cost will be far higher to the Ukrainians if Bakhmut falls. The Ukrainians are really taking far heavier casualties than the Russians.
False. The Russians are sending wave after wave of convicted criminals at Bakhmut as cannon fodder. They are being slaughtered, but of course Putin has no regard for those lives. I suppose he figures he can win a war of attrition, since he has a lot more bodies at his disposal.
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