many of those areas want to break away from Ukraine. They have not been treated well. But someone to continue to push for war not peace or negotiation. Is Putin hardheaded? absolutely. Would he accept a way out Yhat could hsave some face, as well as give Ukraine peace? Absolutely. The alternative is the world on fire.
I didn’t know it from the start. So I have less than half a brain?
Okay.
Not necessarily, Ukrainia/Russian politics are not something Americans know much about. Purposely honestly, it is very difficult to get truth from either side. there has been accusations of atrocities on both sides.
Use your half a brain and tell me which "they" will get "those areas" and at what cost?
He's all knowing, I obviously have less than half a brain as well.
7 months ago:
Notice how Putin threatening nukes is back in the headlines? Democrats are going to claim this as a win, bank on it.
Your post is like Chinese food. In a half hour hungry again.
The previous 10 or so years has driven out much of the Ukrainian majority. At this point if the Ukrainians do take it back it's likely the Russians will torch everything as they retreat. So hollow victory if the Ukrainians manage to win.
We've been watching the Russians get destroyed lately. Putin sent in 150,000 men. They were supposedly going to wipe out the Ukrainians quickly and take over. Now after fleeing and leaving tons of equipment Putin is asking for 300,000 men, most of whom will be poorly trained. And supposedly behind the scenes he's wanting a million men. The Ukrainians have millions of fighting age men who are actually fighting for something. And just got more equipment from the Russians than the entire West has supplied them with so far. It ain't over til it's over.
7 months ago the Russians were poised to take Kyiv.
Yes that was the narrative the mainstream media was pushing. Yet 7 months ago:
And here we are.
So you're saying the Russians didn't roll right up to the edge of Kyiv and hammered suburbs and apartment buildings? It's all some controlled narrative? The Ukrainians didn't fight them off? What exactly do you think the Russians and Ukrainians have been doing for 7 months? Maybe the Russians aren't really in Ukraine and all of this is just a ploy to split billions between Biden and his cronies, Zelensky and his buddies, and Putin and his oligarchs. Europe isn't really going to have a bad winter after Putin cut off the gas. Nah, it's all a lie to deceive the public. Getting into rickyb Matrix territory here.
The Russians were arrogant. They never, it appears, took into account that the Ukrainians have been planning since their independence for the day that Russia would invade. The Ukrainians knew exactly where every choke point was that could be destroyed and cut off supplies. They repeatedly took the Russians by surprise, often turning them into sitting ducks. When the Russians invaded Georgia they ran over Georgia. They assumed it would go that way in Ukraine. And they've lost tens of thousands of men because of it.
No I'm not. How did you come to that stupid conclusion?
You've been saying from the get go that Russia is getting exactly what it wanted all along. If that was so they wouldn't have lost so many men, so much equipment, and are now calling up hundreds of thousands of conscripts. They wanted the whole enchilada, not just the Donbas. Putin has spoken often about how he resented the break up of the Soviet Union. And of all the former Soviet republics Ukraine is the jewel. The first Rus empire was centered in Kyiv. It means something to him. And I was aware of that long before any of our networks started discussing the war. Whenever I visit a country I delve into its history. You're playing checkers with me. I prefer chess.
Seven months and you still haven't caught on.
