Comments by "Stephen Sipe" (@stephensipe5405) on "John Bolton on Ukraine Winning" video.
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What a stupid interview by a o person not looking at actual history. Bolton uses hindsight like everything was known and did not evolve. The interviewer has also have a clear picture of history too.
First, Ukraine today did not exist in 1991. Therefore, the West had little to work with in Ukraine until 2004-5 Orange Revolution. This was a Ukrainian nationalist revolution without cutting ties to Russia. It was not until 2014’s Maiden Revolution did Ukrainians state they wanted both nationalism AND to be Euro-centric. Both Ukrainian democracy was feeble. Even when President Zelinsky was elected in 2018, the West was limited in what it could do.
President Trump did send US Advisors in 2018. The US Advisors brought manpads. However, their biggest aid to Ukraine was to set up a professional NCO Corp. Ukrainian bravery organized around a US trained NCO Corp using manpads defeated the initial Russian invasion in 2022. Bolton overlooks these facts. He should have confronted Ukrainians with the truth; Ukraine could have been Afghanistan 2.0 if President Zelinsky fled!
Then Bolton overlooks the real history of Russia’s War On Ukraine. In February 2022, Ukraine had over 1000 Russian spies, Ukrainian agents, and paid collaborators in the Ukrainian government. The US refused to send any heavy weapons until these known people were fired. President Zelinsky fired about 600+ in late May 2022, but only after seeing US Intel intercepts confirming Russian contact. The US delivered HIMARS and ammo in June 2022. Bolton gives Ukraine a pass on this reality. In fact, Ukrainian soldiers have to know it took US political pressure to get rid of many Soviet/Russian holdovers in government including the Ukrainian Military. Bolton is just not articulating facts.
One thing I agree with Bolton and GEN Hodges, the US should have a stated goal in Ukraine. My goal would be to defeat Russia and force them to leave Ukraine.
Even though I am a NOT 1 INCHER, Ukrainians have to decide for themselves what human cost ALL territory from 1991 means. I want ALL to mean at least every inch of 1991 territory. But it’s not for me to say 20,000, 30,000, or 50,000+ casualties to liberate Crimea is worth that human cost. I would give the weapon to make continued Russian occupation of Crimea difficult. By RealLifeLore has documented the previous human cost to win. This is a Ukrainian decision.
My questions are these to Ukrainian leaders:
1: Is Ukraine willing to cut all roads and railroads to Russia as part of a barrier border?
2: When Ukrainians liberate Donetsk Oblast, ARE Ukrainians prepared to exploit the Russian border south of the Donetsk River if no Russian Units defend the area to Taganrog or even Rostov?
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