For more than a decade, the United States has nurtured a secret intelligence partnership with Ukraine that is now critical for both countries in countering Russia.
@andyburke I totally agree with you tho. Putin and his enablers in Russia chose to invade Ukraine. It is 100% on him and them.
@ikidd and I are just speculating on some of the factors in his decision to do that.
Life is a complex tapestry. It’s not just one or two people making decisions in a complete void.
I mean if you’re old like me you can remember back when Gorbachev was trying to transition to democracy and the CIA jumped in to kingmake Yeltsin and his unregulated market, ushering in the rise of unchecked oligarchy that put Putin in power in the first place.
Putin got Ukraine invaded, I don’t care what the US or anyone else did.
Putin is the one who invaded another country.
@andyburke I totally agree with you tho. Putin and his enablers in Russia chose to invade Ukraine. It is 100% on him and them.
@ikidd and I are just speculating on some of the factors in his decision to do that.
Life is a complex tapestry. It’s not just one or two people making decisions in a complete void.
I mean if you’re old like me you can remember back when Gorbachev was trying to transition to democracy and the CIA jumped in to kingmake Yeltsin and his unregulated market, ushering in the rise of unchecked oligarchy that put Putin in power in the first place.
Jesus, the idea that the CIA being somewhere, even doing the bad shit they always do, would somehow justify invading a country?
As a US citizen, we need fewer things that justify invading counties, not more, for fuck’s sake.