That's quite a selective review of events, especially the decades-long run up to this completely avoidable conflict. Any narrative that leaves out NATO's eastward expansion since the fall of the Soviet Union are either uninformed or disingenuous. And that does not even account for Ukraine's status as Europe's most corrupt nation and the …
That's quite a selective review of events, especially the decades-long run up to this completely avoidable conflict. Any narrative that leaves out NATO's eastward expansion since the fall of the Soviet Union are either uninformed or disingenuous. And that does not even account for Ukraine's status as Europe's most corrupt nation and the scene of a coup some years ago that toppled the sitting govt. Ukraine is burning through a generation of men at our urging, men who cannot be replaced. This is a country already abandoned by millions who will never return. That's on top of the millions who were already living abroad. What do we think is going to be left after the inevitable Russian victory?
It remains possible to hold multiple thoughts simultaneously. One can think what they wish about Putin while also recognizing our own role in this madness. Our country purposely harmed alleged allies by blowing up two pipelines, and now we're selling nat-gas as a much higher price. We've squashed, along with the Brits, attempts at a negotiated settlement since war benefits no one. Haim is wrong, dead wrong; we need not enlist at all. We have no plan; we can't even define "victory" so it could be recognize if achieved.
That's quite a selective review of events, especially the decades-long run up to this completely avoidable conflict. Any narrative that leaves out NATO's eastward expansion since the fall of the Soviet Union are either uninformed or disingenuous. And that does not even account for Ukraine's status as Europe's most corrupt nation and the scene of a coup some years ago that toppled the sitting govt. Ukraine is burning through a generation of men at our urging, men who cannot be replaced. This is a country already abandoned by millions who will never return. That's on top of the millions who were already living abroad. What do we think is going to be left after the inevitable Russian victory?
It remains possible to hold multiple thoughts simultaneously. One can think what they wish about Putin while also recognizing our own role in this madness. Our country purposely harmed alleged allies by blowing up two pipelines, and now we're selling nat-gas as a much higher price. We've squashed, along with the Brits, attempts at a negotiated settlement since war benefits no one. Haim is wrong, dead wrong; we need not enlist at all. We have no plan; we can't even define "victory" so it could be recognize if achieved.