10-11-2024, 12:56 PM
(10-09-2024, 10:59 PM)RickyD Wrote: Are they though...I mean 2020 we saw what they wpuld do to get their way...those elections were as sham as any other countries we pick on. Occums Razor says it more likely all countries are as corrupt as the worst of them...and they just hide it better or dress it up more.
The saddest part here is that no conflict would have happened without a US state dept backed coup of the last leader. So they want to join NATO...they are part of Russia's sphere of influence...going into another nuclear nations sphere is inviting trouble. Same as if Russia backed a coup of Mexico and installed a new puppet gov friendly to them. Literally the same situation reversed...and we would level mexico city tomorrow over it...
Not the same at all. Mexico was not formerly part of the old Soviet Union.
Ukraine was and gave up it's nukes and in return Russia agreed to respect it's Sovereignty and not to attack it, etc. the West gave Ukraine security guarantees at the same time.
Russia reneged on that and invaded.
So, not the same at all.
I now know why I am called a grown up. Every time I get up I groan.
