Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "'We had to invade Ukraine,' says Putin" video.

Sure it did - multiple times. See Armenia - AZ war. See US - Iraq war (1st). War is politics through use of force.
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I was under impression he would attack by June / July time frame, after pushing Ukraine more. But I guess he decided that waiting will not change much so went for earlier attack. He indeed had not much of a choice, either in short term or long term. Diplomacy failed and military measures had to be utilized. Same as with Iraq, US tried diplomacy, but it failed, so US invaded.
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Nah, everyone already knows he is a strong leader. Reasons for war are spelled by Putin like 1000x times. Same as conditions for surrender, aims of war etc. They are outlined in point form.
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@stephengraham1153 There is no plan to occupy Ukraine at all. Putin is simply doing Kosovo move - same as US did but also with ground forces. Did US occupy Serbia? Nope. Or similar to first gulf war.
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@stephengraham1153 Plan is to also destroy a lot of enemy's equipment and knock them out of war. They could not just strike in one place, but many, to make sure all is taken out, no "some". also there may be a plan to cut Ukraine east off. Its really hard to say - but occupying Ukraine would not be a good idea - as far as I know. But then again, I though Putin will first pre-squize Ukraine before attacking. So I have been wrong before.
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@stephengraham1153 Obviously there was a plan - it must have been in the making for months.
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