[QUOTE=WyattEarp;2714639]Most everyone has had enough with people repeating bullshit explanations given for Putin's invasion of the Ukraine.[/QUOTE]The media has been saying that Putin engaged in an inhumane, unprovoked act of aggression. Inhumane and act of aggression I agree with. Unprovoked is bullshit. This is like a smaller kid kicking in a bigger one in the shin, and the bigger one punching the smaller one in the face. As long as there is denial of the provocation, there will continue to be war. I get your point that this is an inhumane war of aggression. Do you get mine that Putin was provoked? Choosing a side means you are cheering on war and death.
[QUOTE=WyattEarp;2714639]Putin has said the Ukraine and the Ukrainians belong to Russia. All you have to do is look at Belarus if you want to see what the Ukraine would look like if they stayed in Russia's orbit.[/QUOTE]I cannot find anywhere where Putin said that. As for Belarus, the people are living in peace and their GDP per capita is double that of Ukraine. [URL]https://georank.org/economy/belarus/ukraine[/URL].
The Western Press has been hooting about the Russian "invasion" of Crimea when in fact Crimea is mostly Russian nationals and they voted to secede. The Western media has decried this as Putin's devil work and again ignored the economics.
[URL]https://georank.org/economy/russia/ukraine[/URL]
Look at GDP per capita. It is 4 X higher. Then look at debt to GDP. Ukraine has 4 X the debt Russia does. Crimea voting to secede from Ukraine was not Putin's devil work but a rational choice by the people who lived there.
