Comments by "" (@titteryenot4524) on "Inside Kyiv: Ukraine’s capital prepares for Russian advance" video.

Putin: “So, let me get this straight: Russia is to tolerate a NATO loaded gun pointing at it from Ukraine, but if America were to have a Russian loaded gun pointing at it from, say, Canada or Mexico, then that is intolerable?” NATO: “But of course, Mr Putin. You understand the double-standards modus operandi of the West perfectly. More coffee?” ☕️
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David Harris Putin’s an arsehole. However, if you just think about this a little from his point of view, then it becomes clear why he might be doing this. He’s, quite simply, protecting his own self-interests, as he sees them. As we all do. To see him as ‘Vlad the Mad’ is a grave error. On the contrary, he knows exactly what he’s doing. No one does anything inappropriate given their model of the world. I happen to disagree with Putin, as anyone invading a sovereign, self-governing nation against its will is clearly a wrong’un. It just helps here to try to see things a bit from Putin’s view, no matter how much so many think Ukraine has suffered a grievous injustice. I’m with them in that.🤔
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@trr4488 No. What I’m saying is that Putin sees Ukraine as blood-brothers. He’s hurt that they, mainly, are looking West and not North. He’s gone in there for 2 main reasons as I see it: 1. The historical/cultural one of bring back Ukraine into the embrace of mother Russia. 2. He’s simply protecting his borders. If Ukraine joins NATO, and it seems to want to, on a majority, then clearly having a Ukraine in NATO affects his defensive situation. I will repeat this: if Mexico agreed a pact with Russia, allowing the latter to install missiles on the US/Mexico border, directly targeting Washington DC, do you honestly think America would just sit back and let that happen? No, of course they wouldn’t. They’d initially ask for the missiles to be removed, and if that didn’t happen, they’d invade a sovereign, self-governing territory in order to remove these weapons themselves. My main point here being, that the double standards of the West are staggering. America, and her partners have invaded and/or overturned more democratically-elected governments that Putin can only dream of. Just think about this a little before blundering in on a ‘let’s trash the evil Vlad the Mad’ mission.
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@liveonce2102 I’m no fan of Putin. Just sad for everyone involved. However, the West needs to realise that Putin is quite simply playing the tune it has been playing since at least 1492.
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@nickbarton3191 Well said, that man.👍
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@lookate2001 It’s not Canada or Mexico having a loaded gun, it’s the notion that Russia has an agreement whereby it can station its missiles on their soil. That was the point. Putin, as far as I can see, is just defending his interests. Like we all do.
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@lookate2001 I agree. Putin is an arsehole. But he’s a dictator and he invariably gets his way. I’m not for invading sovereign, self-governing nations, whether this is done by the West or by the likes of Putin. However, we cannot be surprised when Putin does this; he’s only doing what the West has done since at least 1492.
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