Comments by "Sean Cidy" (@seancidy6008) on "Does Putin Have Dark Triad Traits? | Vladimir Putin Case Analysis" video.

  1. Putin tried to join Nato you know, this was in 2001 and he was given the runaround. Be all that Dark Triad stuff in his make up as it may, the question is would any Russian leader have acted differently? The current head of the CIA published a book in which he recalled a memo to Bush noting that during his years in the Moscow Embassy never one did he meet any Russian (even liberals sharply critical of Putin) who thought the Ukraine joining Nato was acceptable. Bush ignored that advice and the accompanying conclusion that Russia would make mischief and went ahead with persuading the other Mato members to agree to an announcement Ukraine would join Nato. I would also point out that Ukraine has not joined Nato because Putin prevented it by sponsoring an uprising in the Donbass in 2014. Ukraine is a Nato partner working towards full membership officially. If it was never going to join why did Biden not announce that, it would be cocession but a meaningless concession. Biden and his advisrs didn't think Putin would invade. Putin said unless he got some concessions on Ukraine he would take 'military and technical measures'. The people in charge of US foreign policy are liking in the past; Ukraine is not West Germany during the Cold War. Did JFK had psychopathic traits for trying to overthrow the government of Cuba for allying with the USSR? Cuba was a sovereign state. Then he almost started a nuclear war because Cuba hosted US missiles. There is a US missile base in Poland opening later this year and it would be 300 seconds hypersonic flight time from Moscow
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