Comments by "Robert A" (@RobertAmer) on "CNN"
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Consider the following:
1. The U.S. was building a military facility in the Ukraine, be it a small one, just near the Russian border.
2. In 2014 Russia forcefully took back Crimea which was given to the Ukraine by the Russian president during the U.S.S.R. days.
3. The Ukraine is seen as a democratic republic, after removal of its previous government.
4. The Ukraine wants to become a member of NATO. As such, NATO could establish (and would likely do so) military bases on the Ukrainisn Russian Border.
5. At the moment the Ukraine acts as a buffer zone between the bulk of NATO and Russia.
6. If the Ukraine was admitted to NATO, it is most likely to comnence military operations to take back Crimea.
7. A military action between Ukraine and Russia in such an event, due to the NATO accord, they would have to join the Ukraine in a war against Russia.
8. Russia cannot win a conventional war against a much stonger and well equipped NATO, with ten times the military budget of Russia.
9. Any conventional war between Russia and NATO would mean the total destruction of Russia.
10. Russia is therefore in the position of a cornered rat. Such a position would likely start a nuclear war.
According to Putin, if he waited for the above, and no one would deny these likely scenarios, it would be the end of and total destruction of Russia. As a result he had to make the first strike.
In my analysis, Russia does not want the Ukraine as part of its territory, and at some time allow it to return to some form of democracy, with conditions.
The most major if those conditions (and this should be the aim of immediate peace settlements) should be a guarantee that Ukraine will never become a member of NATO.
The issue of Crimea could be dealt with by way of return of Crimea to Ukraine, and a 70 or 99 year lease given to Russia for this peninsula.
Any further negotiations should be continued following a guaranteed ceasefire between both countries.
WHERE ARE THE PEACEMAKERS IN THIS WORLD?
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@robertmcaree7016 i suggest you go back and research the textbooks. Examples are things like the Monroe Doctrine, the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy, etc, and you will see how much of this has led to what is happening today. The major powers of the world want to control, you, me and everyone, according to their thinking, not the thinking of individuals, whatever their race, colour, religion or creed.
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