Comments by "The Rev. Dr. Christopher Coonan" (@ccoonansr) on "This Country STILL Likes Russia (ft. @LivingIronicallyinEurope )" video.

If a country attacks you and you HAVE to go to war, it's understandable. ALMOST unavoidable (Almost). If you are running low on resources and people and decide to attack a country to pit your best against your perceived enemies power with the stakes being all or nothing? You have lost your mind and should have concentrated on the long term prospect of growing your country. Problem is Putin doesn't have the time to see it through and Russia has a history of transfer of power being bloody, violent, and ultimately rendering the country inoperable for years after due to the new regime needing to reinvent the wheel (government) on the fly. I see why he thought he needed to do it. He szw no one that would see his vision though in the long haul so he went for a quick grab instead. His reach exceeding his grasp he felt he had to go for it. Little did he know he had neither reach nor grasp. It was stolen from him while he was busy elsewhere. One tire at a time. If he had taken the time to take actual stock before going to war he would have realized the error. In the end, however, his lack of sight robbed the country of it's power and influence since his first doomed invasion. And he has been seen as nothing but a pariah to the rest of the world since. In this day and age you do not need to attack a country to acquire it's resources. You just need to pay them the most. This becomes an issue for Russia when it's money is spread all over the place and it's currency is worth so little. McCain once said Russia was a gas station masquerading as a country. A little harsh but not far from the truth at the time. The Russian economy needs to blossom. There was never reason for war. It's all paranoia anyway.
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