Comments by "Tx240" (@Texas240) on "Pyotr Kurzin | Geopolitics"
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0:03 this is the exact, sad and ridiculous reason the people of Ukraine have been subject to Russian aggression and war crimes.
It actually goes ALL THE WAY BACK to Dubya's war on "terr". The USA made it obvious we were going to invade Iraq under the pretense of WMD. Putin called Dubya and told him not to invade Iraq (a vassel or at least customer of Russia).
Ironically, that was GREAT advice. However, Dubya didn't heed Putin's warning. Why should he? Dubya was president of the most powerful economy and military in the world. Putin was head of...Russia, a very large small and undeveloped country. What was little old Russia gonna' do if Dubya wanted to go invasioneering in Russia's customers or Middle Eastern sphere of influence?
Putin put the phone down and began his evil dictator plotting and planning on how to "Make Russia Great Again".
Part of the plan was to reassert dominance over Russia's "free, independent" but former Soviet neighbors.
After losing in their first in Georgia and only partially succeeding in the 2nd try in Georgia, Putin's "global superpower" ego was really stinging.
This point gets to why Russia very well might continue the MRGA plan and invade Latvia. Failing in the smaller, weaker Georgia DIDN'T prevent Putin from invading the larger, stronger Ukraine anyway...and failing there too.
Putin's stung, fragile, and outsized ego might well drive him to attack a NATO member to prove to himself how strong Russia is.
Yes, Russia will fail. But, it will also involve NATO and US troops fighting off Russia's attack and driving the world dangerously close to WWIII.
It's Putin's mental fragility that REQUIRES NATO assist Ukraine in stopping Russia unequivocally in Ukraine and sending Russian forces back to Russia.
The fact that the United States appears appears afraid of Russia, due to the inaction of so-called "Republicans", makes it all the more likely Putin will actually try to invade a NATO member despite not having the capability to defeat smaller, weaker opponents.
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