You ask great questions about Ukraine, a place in which I've been interested since I learned, decades ago, that I had great-grandparents from that ethnic-political maelstrom.
My own rule of thumb is to consider Ukraine as Russia's Mexico. Russia too has a "manifest destiny" and a Wild West border (Ukraine itself means "at the frontier.")
Whereas Mexico has Spaniards and Aztecs, Ukraine has East Slavs, West Slavs, Germans, Jews, and Tatars. Big on diversity, not so big on inclusion and equity, if you catch my drift.
It would be a mistake to consider Ukraine an accident waiting to happen, because it's been happening for centuries.
If the US wants Russia to make nice and stay out of Ukraine, they should consider giving Texas back to Mexico and see what happens.
Hey, maybe the Democrats and Joe Biden are already working on that.
You ask great questions about Ukraine, a place in which I've been interested since I learned, decades ago, that I had great-grandparents from that ethnic-political maelstrom.
My own rule of thumb is to consider Ukraine as Russia's Mexico. Russia too has a "manifest destiny" and a Wild West border (Ukraine itself means "at the frontier.")
Whereas Mexico has Spaniards and Aztecs, Ukraine has East Slavs, West Slavs, Germans, Jews, and Tatars. Big on diversity, not so big on inclusion and equity, if you catch my drift.
It would be a mistake to consider Ukraine an accident waiting to happen, because it's been happening for centuries.
If the US wants Russia to make nice and stay out of Ukraine, they should consider giving Texas back to Mexico and see what happens.
Hey, maybe the Democrats and Joe Biden are already working on that.
Logic is wanting.