ok we get it
US bad and cant be trusted
Its all the fault of the US
US just used Ukraine and does not care
Putin is simply reacting like any Russian leader would for self defense
Did I leave anything out
I feel like I'm talking to a bunch of children here.
A lot of different things can simultaneously be true. Context matters. History matters. Things do not happen in a vacuum.
The US is a declining global Imperial power that seeks to retain US hegemony over the world. Like all empires before it, it does not operate in terms of good and bad. Only in terms of self-interest and in maintaining hegemony. Despite what you may think- we are not the good guys and everyone else we say is a bad guy is the bad guy. This is a fantasy only for children to believe. Unfortunately damn near everyone in this country believes it.
The fault for the invasion is on Vladimir Putin alone. He decided to invade Ukraine- so that is on him. The US has been antagonizing the bully for years. Despite many warnings from many different people of all backgrounds and stripes. The bully went and snapped. The bully is
always to blame for his own violent actions. That does not mean it was OK to antagonize him. It was not. Both things can be true.
And US
clearly does
not give a sh*t about Ukraine- they didn't even attempt to make a deal. They refused to negotiate. And are they sending boots on the ground?
No. Are they establishing a no fly zone?
No. Ukraine does not matter enough to them to risk a greater war with Russia. Because as Obama openly admitted in interviews in 2016- Ukraine doesn't really mean anything to the US- it is of zero strategic value to the US. Less than zero.
Putin has been responding negatively to NATO/Ukraine for the last 14 years, as
any Russian leader would. I guess I misspoke if I said any leader would invade- because there is just no way to know for sure if any Russian leader would have actually pulled the trigger on an invasion. I honestly did not think he would- I thought he was too cunning and calculating for that- did not think he was this stupid- and I thought the US ultimately would cut a deal- but there was a refusal by the US to negotiate- no deal was cut and he invaded- and he and he alone bears the responsibility for that action.