Comments by "Ficus-lovin\x27 Capybara N\x27 pals • 🌟 • 25 yrs ago" (@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago) on "Why Does Everyone Hate The West?" video.

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  8. @elfrjz I'm sure there is some self-interest in it no doubt. Look, fossil fuel dependence is rapidly coming to an end and that means my government is scrambling to cause even more death and destruction than usual trying to extend the dictatorship of these fossil fuel cartels that they've committed so much bloodshed over for the last 80+ years. I don't know any specifics of Brunei. Regarding Russia, ny understanding is that after 8 years of trying to negotiate with a far-right extremist Nazi-ideology supporting government that took over in a violent coup in 2014 (thanks to CIA involvement for years prior behind the scenes), Putin and his peers gave up and took this action as a last resort. My understanding is their primary demand is two-fold; a halt to NATO's expansion and a breaking off of ties with NATO which Zelensky had allied with, and an end to the attacks and ethnic cleansing that were being perpetrated on a fairly continual basis since 2014 in the Donbass regions which were highly populated with Russian-speakers. They even went so far as to ban the Russian language in various towns in these regions. That is my understanding of it. Whether they also undertook this campaign in an attempt to further private commercial profit in oil and gas, I don't know. That's usually the the US's job. (I say "job" facetiously of course as there is no justification for what my govt does around the world esp for the private profits of the oil giants). So that's where I'm at with it. You say Putin is doing this out of a desire for private enrichment, I honestly don't know. I can only repeat what I've heard from other independent sources that claim that's not really the primary motivation here.
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  11.  @duellinksantimeta7636  ok the follow-up as promised- It's because I believe I know the facts of the situation. I believe in what Russia is doing right now. I don't believe it has anything to do with any kind of imperialist agenda- at least not primarily. I watch The New Atlas for analysis on the developing situation and their analysis sounds believable to me. I have no way of verifying it obviously, I'm just an average nobody, but he sounds like he is telling the truth about it. You can go look for yourself and see what you think. The New Atlas with Brian Berletic is the ch____l. Far right ultra-nationalist fascists who are self-proclaimed Nazis violently took over in 2014 thanks to tons of support and funding for two years from the US CIA, in a very bloody and violent coup, and they have embraced the US's agenda of NATO expansion towards Russia. The previous president who was democratically elected favored a peaceful neutral relationship with Russia and refused to agree to NATO expansion from the US. That is why he had to be removed and that is why the CIA supported a coup against him in 2014. These far right Azov battalions, who embrace a Nazi ideology, from what I understand, have been folded into the Ukraine's military structure, and apparently are now setting the agenda. Over the last 8 years, the Ukrainian eastern regions have been victims of sustained ethnic cleansing and attacks by the Ukrainian military, or parts of it. Throughout these eight years the Russian government requested that the new Ukrainian government negotiate with them good faith and abide by the Minsk 1 and 2 accords which pursue a policy of neutrality and does not allow NATO expansion. The Kiev government agreed to abide by them but they never did. Apparently as late as March, Zelensky was indicating he was willing sit down for peace talks with Russia, but the US and certain leaders from the EU basically ordered him not to and from what I understand he had severe pressure and threats from Nazis within his own administration and he complied. Shortly thereafter Putin began military operations. So- the Russian govt tried for 8 years for a peaceful resolution to their differences which hinged on Zelinsky's inability to commit to refusing to allow NATO expansion through Ukraine all the way up to Russia's border. So that sounds reasonable to me and was a pretty sustained effort. Eventually when it seemed as there was a dead end and in no way a peaceful path forward he made a decision to take military action. It's unfortunate that the matter is escalated, but I can't really blame him for that under these circumstances. I Iikely would have made the same decision in these circumstances. Sitting back passively and allowing NATO expansion right up to their border was an unacceptability to the Russian govt, and I certainly can't blame them for that. How many governments would just casually accept a hostile force amassing just outside its borders? As a side objective, the Russian military was able to come to the aid of the Donbass regions who, as I have already mentioned, have been under frequent shelling and assault over the past 8 years by Azov-controlled Ukrainian military forces. To my understanding by now Russia has rescued most of these regions and has annexed parts of them into Russian territory WITH the full permission from the majority of the citizens parts of those regions, per a successful public referendum. Of course the US and some in the EU will claim the referendum was illegitimate but I don't believe that. I heard that Russia invited independent observers from the UN into the region to see for themselves. If they chose not to go or were pressured not to participate by the US, that's not Russia's fault.
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