I don't know how this has anything to do with what I was talking about. But we killed the Rosenburgs... I don't think that was a devisive issue, then or now.
Agreed. After the wall came down a lot of the Soviet programs to create divisions and mistrust of facts in the west were divulged. I wish I could find the program that detailed these efforts. Russians were trying to promote UFO hoaxes among other things. I wonder why the whole UFO thing is taking off again? HMMMM
Well Ukraine is in Europe and they do vote for their leadership/politicians... so they are, by definition a European Democracy. I assume they aspire to become more free and democratic, but I'm not going to put them on a scale and make and uneducated decision about just how much of a valid democracy they are.
I started watching the Yale courses video on the history of Ukraine, got 4 lectures deep before I decided I didn't have that kind of time to devote to the issue, so I'll be the first to admit to being uninformed. Also, the history of the region has little bearing on the legality of Russia's neo colonial aggression and Vikings or no, we, the US have more than a little strategic interest in aiding fledgling/emerging democracies in Europe.
Agreed
Lol, NO There have been periods in time where this is true, but I would argue that has not been even remotely true since the reluctant US involvement in WW1, so let's call it more than a century.
Agree, but I do not think the counter offensive will be as dramatic as I and other hope for. Best case scenario is that Putin is yet another victim of the faulty window epidemic in Russia, and there is a dramatic and hopefully western shift in Russian governance. I fear that Russia will play for a stalemate so they can further destablize Ukraine and the Balkans.