Maybe, but my point is still that if you feel unsafe you don't antagonize a huge military power like Russia. If he had toned down then Putin will look like a much bigger warmonger than now. Nepal and Bangladesh do not sing praises of China and ridicule us.
I think so. This guy and his nutty party people must have thought that it is political suicide to tone down their pro-NATO rhetoric. Their immaturity led them to think that US will do something magical, and now they have led their country into this mess.More like a delusional idiot. He's not a politician.
The guy who's supposed to be Ukraine's leader, this led to his removal:
Revolution of Dignity - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
At the same time though, you have nicely refuted many people's assertions that the US stirred this up. They were actually trying to dampen things down.
Well, that was a second mistake combined with the mistake I mentioned. That's not to say that Nixon and Kissinger were smart men either.
I'm aware of the history, perhaps the problem is that the decision was made by a king and not a people. That said, the UK should never have left Kashmir independent, it should have handed it to one or other side.
Kingdoms by name but not by nature. It's not like the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is actually democratic.
I disagree. If US, UK and gang really wanted to dampen things then they could have sent feelers to Putin and publicly and discreetly told Zelenskyy to back off. Zelenskyy was a useful idiot. After Russia attacked and all he was getting were words of praise and some Javelins and Stingers from NATO, he kept singing the same tune. His idiocy is never ending. But i can't stop thing that he is more than an idiot. He needs to have his head examined.
'Supposed to be' on who's say so?More like a delusional idiot. He's not a politician.
The guy who's supposed to be Ukraine's leader, this led to his removal:
Revolution of Dignity - Wikipedia
It's amazing how NATO gets blamed for this even though they've had no hand in it. And Putin isn't exactly smart here. It's like I've always said, sometimes if you leave your enemies alone long enough they destroy themselves. There were growing rifts in the transatlantic partnership too, all gone now.
But joining the EU would never have been seen as a neutral move by Russia anyway. So we'd still be where we are now. At the end of the day, Putin just doesn't like them determining their own future without him.
Most of us believe that NATO had a hand which they could have used to slap Zelenskyy to his senses; instead they used the hand to pat his a$$.
It's not like the UK could have done anything that would have prevented some kind of dispute between you two.
It's bad when you start relying on a senile old blind woman to guide you.Not exactly. Just that their govt will remain rich due to the O&G trade. I have no clue what will happen to Russia's overall economy.
But here's an interesting article:
Baba Vanga: Bulgarian seer's predictions about Russia's rise go viral amid Ukraine war
Baba Vanga, whom some in media is calling "Nostradamus of the Balkans", is also known for predicting things that came to closely resemble the 9/11 terror attacks and Brexit.economictimes.indiatimes.com
But joining the EU was the main reason for the Ukrainian revolution, for economic reasons, but Russia would have seen this as a stepping stone to NATO anyway. Putin had no genuine fears of being attacked by NATO, he just didn't like that countries in his orbit were choosing to go elsewhere.
