Subj : Re: What is Putin's End Game : Honest Question
To   : warmfuzzy
From : k9zw
Date : Mon Mar 18 2024 08:21:48

On 17 Mar 2024, warmfuzzy said the following...
 
 wa> So maybe I'm the only one here, but I wonder what Putin wants to
 wa> accomplish with his wars against Ukraine.  Seriously though, he's razing
 wa> the place to the ground.  If he wanted to get the fertile land then why
 wa> would he raze it?  Russia had promised that if they transfer all of
 wa> their nuclear weapons to Russia then Russia will never invade Ukraine. 

Is Putin really acting unilaterally?  

Or have our three-letter agencies pushed the Russian's buttons too many times and too hard?

It is quite clear that under Icky Vicky (Nuland) the west overthrew the government of the Ukraine to install a government that was more acceptable to the Western countries and international bankers.  

It wasn't the Russsians, rather it was the West, that put dozens of secret bases, listening posts, biolabs in the Ukraine, many up against the Russian border.

The intertwined nature of "Russia" and "Ukraine" is old.  Kiev Ukraine was even once the capital of the "Russia" in the day.  

Domestically Putin is the lead wolf among a wolfpack of the ruthless. First among apex preditors. Any western style politician would have not survived the world he has mastered. 

I've never met Putin nor wish to be considered an apologist for him, but if in his shoes would any of us act much differently?  

BTW reports from people on the ground in Russia are favorable - the people are living their lives pretty well, sanctions haven't unravelled their world, and life goes on.  

Again from me this is repeating what I have learned, as I have not been there.  My first trip was canceled due to the outbreak of the war.

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