Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Is the West to Blame for Russia's Invasion? - TLDR News" video.

  1. It's clearly Putin to blame, in the end, it's up to the people of Ukraine if they want to be closer to the west or Russia and that goes for them wanting to join the EU and NATO, none of Putin's argument should ever mean an invasion of another country to try and force them into Russia's pocket. Now I'm not saying the west are angels, far from it, you only have to look at Iraq and Afghanistan to see that but they are clearly better than what Putin Russia is. At the end of the day, if Putin really think's the people of Ukraine want to have closer ties to Russia, let the people decide that in the country, the hostile reception in Ukraine to the Russia invasion is suggesting Ukraine doesn't want what Putin wants, in other words, Putin couldn't convince the people of Ukraine to have closer ties to Russia so he's trying to do it by force and with that, it's clearly Putin's fault. In other words Putin, do like the EU is doing, try and win the hearts and minds of the people by offering something that improves the quality of life for the people of Ukraine and you might have had a chance. At the end of the day, the reason so many countries in Eastern Europe are sliding more westwards is because the people in those countries want stability, security, a better standard of living and so on, the west, especially the EU and NATO offers that, all Putin is offering is threats and wants those countries under the thumb to do his bidding which doesn't help the common people in those countries, that's where Putin is getting this all wrong, you want to win the people over, you've got to offer them something substantial and in the case of the EU, it is doing that.
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