old salt wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 4:50 pm
a fan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 4:37 pm
tech37 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 4:18 pm
I don't know that it's "true" but is a reasonable assumption. That's what I "think," thank you.
No, it wasn't a reasonable assumption. It was a PARTISAN assumption.
An assumption proven horribly wrong, as Biden has de-pantsed Putin in front of the entire world. And now, we have to deal with alllll the unintended consequences that follow the choice to intervene militarily.
Make fun of me all you want. Everyone who doesn't drink the Kool Aid knew exactly what Biden would do.....follow the exact same Global Cop game we've been playing since WWII. The idea that his reaction is somehow a surprise given our History and his history, is, I'm sorry, laughable.
Biden followed the path established by the US, EU & NATO, dating back to the promises made in the Orange (2004) & Maidan (2014) revolutions & in response to Russia's annexation of CrImea & supporting the separatist enclaves in Donbas in 2014.
Sure. But I would argue he's operating with an American worldview that's far older than 2004. First by the Domino theory, then by Bush's New World Order.
old salt wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 4:50 pm
Then Zelensky was elected, vowed to take Ukraine into NATO & the EU, & Putin (sensing weakness & division between the US & NATO over the Afghan pullout) seized the opportunity & invaded.
That doesn't square. The division between NATO and the US peaked-----and this isn't even a close call------under Trump. Surely you know that.
The time to strike given this theory of attacking when NATO-US divisions were severe was CLEARLY under Trump. And he was man who told the world it was America First when it comes to, and I quote....."ridiculous, endless wars".
I don't agree with your theory of invasion. We both know this, and can move on if you'd like.