Comments by "Jennifer Lawrence" (@jenniferlawrence2701) on "Is Rishi Sunak English? Trump, Ukraine and the New World Order. JD Vance Schools Europe on Liberty" video.

@christinerussell113 It's a bit dubious to assign blame for everything that happened in the USSR to Russia, especially at times when much of the leadership was made up of people who weren't ethnic Russians (e.g., Stalin), and when Russians very often also suffered from the same policies. The Soviet Union was a multi-ethnic internationalist empire, rather than a Russian nationalist project, and its leadership reflected that from the beginning. The Holodomor is contested history (at least as far as the intent, scale, and the categorization of it as a genocide are concerned). It's also worth mentioning that prior to 2014 (and even for some time after) most Ukrainians polled had favorable or neutral views towards Russia. The extreme anti-Russian, Stepan Bandera enthusiasts were a small fringe, mostly confined to the West of the country. Obviously the war has changed everything since. One thing I've learnt over the years listening to nationalists from Eastern Europe is they all remember the times their nation or ethnic group was wronged by a neighbor, but often selectively forget the times their nation or ethnic group wronged their neighbors. You can't throw a rock in that region without hitting someone who could (if they wished to) adopt a historical grievance against virtually all of their neighbors.
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@highlands This is war is essentially a continuation of a long struggle between Moscow and Washington over the alignment of Ukraine. The Europeans have only in the last week started to grasp how irrelevant they are. I think source of Yushchenko's poisoning is still not determined, but it wouldn't surprise me if it were Russia, and nor would it surprise me if it were Ukrainian rivals.
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@davidmorris3981 There is a thin line between tact and cowardice. "Conservatives" have tried being politically-correct for a few decades now. It hasn't done anyone any good. But naturally that doesn't mean anything that is politically-incorrect will automatically be tactically wise.
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@richardjames5147 His foreign policy is better than that of his predecessors. An improvement.
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Many years from now, historians - if they are honest - will portion blame for the conflict to pretty much all sides involved: Moscow, Washington, London, Kiev, Berlin, Paris, Brussels. Each in their way made war inevitable.
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