We need to understand that Ukraine was NEVER a willing part of Russia. It was conquered and annexed by Russia ib 1793, The current Russian attack is the third attempt to punish Ukraine in the past 100 years. In the 1920s the Soviet Union tried to force all farmers in Ukraine into collective farms. When they resisted, the Soviet Union took away almost all of the food produced in Ukraine and millions of Ukrainians starve to death.
During World War II, the Ukrainians remembered what Russia has done to them and a number of Ukrainians volunteered for service with Germany. Again, the Russians punished Ukraine. Now, Putin is attempting to punish Ukraine for declaring its independence as a country by destroying as much of the country as he can . He intends to either conquer Ukraine or destroy so much of it that it will will suffer the effects for many decades , if not centuries.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Yeah, Putin wants Ukraine back under his thumb, but more than that, he wants it's resources. It's all about the oil.
racocn8
Level 9
June 26, 2022
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Hr also wants the fertile land. Ukraine is known as the "bread basket of Europe."
The sunflower oil.
Bottom line is...Putin is a PARANOID DICTATOR who happens to control the second largest NUCLEAR ARSENAL. He will NOT STOP until he either gets what he wants(which is ALL of Ukraine and TOTAL CONTROL of all the OIL and GAS flowing out of Russia) OR he will turn Ukraine into a WASTELAND...OR the world bands together and STOPS THIS POS ONCE AND FOR ALL.
phoenixone1
Level 8
June 26, 2022
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Putin is not parnoid. He is a psychjopath.
@wordywalt I would still incorporate "paranoid" in his description...he fears Western encroachment. When Communism collapsed they lost their Bloc countries. Russian leaders see NATO on their borders as a threat. We all know that NATO has no interest in "invading Russia". NATO was merely a stone wall against Communist aggression. Putin is stuck in a Cold War mentality and can only see Russia's seat at the world table as a dominating force that controls its neighbors through intimidation...the mark of someone who is scared on the inside...he is also head of the largest theft ring on the planet. He doesn't want to lose his seat at the head of the table...or he is DEAD and he knows it. I would be paranoid if I were in his shoes...one false move and he is pushing up daisies...or freezing his nads off in the Gulag.
Earlier today, some whacko tried telling me that the US installed a puppet government, and Russia is stopping a genocide in the eastern portion of Ukraine.
Then he called me a fascist for saying I didn't believe him.
This is why we can't have nice things.
KKGator
Level 9
June 26, 2022
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While most Putin-Americans come from half of the Evangelical base, a few Russophiles hail from the extreme left, and they are reliably indifferent to the truth.
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