Re:Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Feb 26, 2022
by tim333 on Sunday February 27, 2022 @10:03AM
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My take - you've got two models of running the world.
a) The old one of Empires - Russia controls Ukraine, Belarus etc. It's threatened by Ukraine moving to the west.
b) The current one where countries are independent democracies with governments chosen by the people.
Putin's been reading too many history books about a) The west has to go with b) - we can't really say to the Ukranians you'll never be able to join the EU/nato in spite of your people wanting to because you are property of the Russian empire. Putin needs to get with the times really.
a) The old one of Empires - Russia controls Ukraine, Belarus etc. It's threatened by Ukraine moving to the west.
b) The current one where countries are independent democracies with governments chosen by the people.
Putin's been reading too many history books about a) The west has to go with b) - we can't really say to the Ukranians you'll never be able to join the EU/nato in spite of your people wanting to because you are property of the Russian empire. Putin needs to get with the times really.