Comments by "R Johansen" (@rjohansen9486) on "Putin To Declare War On NATO Nation? Warns 'Russia Will React To Aggression Against Belarus'" video.
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Cheap oil and gas, do you think it was charity?
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was much concern in the West about how to contribute to a relatively stable Russia. So they let Russia take over the Soviet Union's place in the UN and other international organizations, poured in billions in investment, pretended that Russia was still a superpower, invited them into the G7, tiptoed around so as not to provoke, looked through their fingers with the most incredible things, etc. All to avoid chaos and warlords in civil war with nuclear weapons on the way.
They were allowed to join trade agreements and many American and European companies invested in Russia. Germany was the country that went the furthest in achieving a mutually peaceful relationship. They have invested billions of Euros and they became dependent on Russian gas (despite warnings that the Russians were not to be trusted). As thanks we got Putin's aggressive imperialism and ethno-fascism, and finally a medieval war of aggression in the heart of Europe.
They believed that the West was now so dependent on economic and energy conditions, they would not dare protest against the invasion. Now they just have to be thrown out of Ukraine as soon as possible, preferably without escalating into direct nuclear war, and then you have to deal with what comes when the Muscovy empire finally unravels completely. Back to its historical boundaries, e.g. from 1460 (small area around Moscow).
The world must prepare for an armed peace, with EU and NATO membership for Ukraine as the only credible guarantee against new adventures from the Gremlins. What happens inside the remnants of Muscovia and North Korea is their own problem. After a certain point there is no point in trying to help a mafia regime. Too bad for the population, but then they'd rather get rid of the regime themselves.
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