Comments by "Dale Crocker" (@dalecrocker3213) on "Putin insists West responsible for Ukraine war | DW News" video.

  1. What's sovereignty when it's at home?
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  2. He's completely correct. Russia and Ukraine could have sorted this out between them if the West didn't have its greedy eyes on the vast mineral wealth of Donbass and Crimea.
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  3.  @mariannelabanane2589  And to gain Western access to the vast mineral wealth of Donbass and Crimea.
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  4.  @jakexgold3879  From what I've seen, very few people have any idea what the war is about.
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  5.  @arnovriends5873  No it isn't.
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  6. @rory kinahan So Crimea and the four former Ukrainian oblasts are now part of Russia.
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  7.  @roboparks  They don't. They want Crimea and Donbass where many Russians live, and whose mineral resources they feel entitled to continue to exploit.
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  8.  @muadrico  Russia merely protects its borders and its interests. It is America, through NATO, which seeks expansion.
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  9.  @jimbøb-i9q  Russia has changed its mind.
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  10.  @ceasar8679  NATO was planning an attack on separatist Donbass, which is under Russian protection. The SMO was to forestall this.
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  11.  @epicmonkeydrunk  Because its taking place on Ukrainian territory and Ukrainian forces are getting destroyed before they can enter Crimea and Donbass,
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  12.  @morstyrannis1951  This would perhaps be true if the Russian Federation was the Soviet Union, or that it actually wanted Ukraine. Neither is the case. When it comes to corruption and state brutality there is little to choose between Ukraine and Russia. Both are oligarchies and corrupt to the core. Russia only wants to retain access to the vast mineral wealth of Donbass and Crimea to which it feels entitled since it is Russia and Russians who have been taking it out of the ground for over two hundred years. The oligarchs of Ukraine have done deals with the Americans to sell them this multi-trillion dollar resource, and Russia isn't having this. This is the reason for the war, and the idea that Ukraine is fighting for freedom and democracy and the avoidance of tyranny is romantic twaddle, I'm afraid, designed for the consumption of credulous fools.
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  13.  @putte2164  Multiple verifiable sources. Is there anything in particular you would like further information about?
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  14.  @bonnie7898  NATO members, predominately America, spent around $100billion on providing Ukraine with an army. It was this proxy army which was commissioned to regain Donbass and Crimea. Why else would it have been created?
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