Comments by "irresistablejewel" (@irresistablejewel) on "Russia Ukraine war: Missiles hit Kyiv" video.
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@danielgoring1328 Libya does... the foreign secretaries of America and UK (Clinton and Hague) lied to Russia and China (it was about regime change); Gadaffi (like Hussein of Iraq) proposing a Gold backed currency it seems that's bad for ones health and the claim it was an "intervention to save civilian life" is demonstrably untrue... big refugee crisis and now Libya is an Islamic state. There are definitely some similarities; a Gold backed currency will effectively end fiat money printing and that very much concerns "Western interests" (or should).
The American media keep referring to Putin, even tried to claim he got Trump elected; it rather simplifies their usual smear tactics; but if Putin retired tomorrow this military action most likely would not. Ukraine is a personal matter for Russia, not just Putin, but the media need a figure to hate (see Orange man bad).
Ukraine didn't just go independent; it was granted independence by the Soviet authorities (other former states were too; some, like Chechia were not; it was on the understanding it remained neutral. NATO and the EU don't want that; Russia insisted and moved to military action when that was ignored (in 2022). Until then (officially) Russia was not involved in the civil war; but that may or may not be true (as they have a vested interest). Crimea was never going to just be bought out by the EU (and now they know that).
No, Ukraine was bankrupt; it owes Russia a lot of money for gas (despite the high tariffs Ukraine would charge for handling the EU gas supply. Proposals to circumvent the tariffs (Nordstream2) are opposed by both Ukraine and America; it was suspended (not because of American sanctions, although they penalised EU countries and companies); probably because Germany was put in an awkward position (being against the Russian action and for Russian energy; it's tough to do both); but never forget that Ukraine is highly corrupt and being a leader there means you have to be in on that to some degree).
I don't regard Putin as bitter about Ukraine; he strikes me as quite business like and while the media like to claim the Russian public are "easily led" but, in my experience, Russia (with state funded education) has a well educated population and even the Western media propagandists have to concede Putin is extremely popular (if we believe the polls, which generally speaking I don't).
Never enough power (for Putin)... are you joking? Russia is a technologically led society with vast resources and (strangely perhaps) display of wealth is regarded as crass. Putin may be a multi-millionaire (as claimed) but I doubt it (he doesn't need to be); that seems to be another attempted smear, Russians (I found) tend to be more interested in things and concept, not money per se.
Actually Putin isn't a dictator; but it sounds good, nor is Xi of China (President of a single party government). They are nothing like Stalin or Mao, actually it seems more likely that America is a fascist dictatorship, because (regardless of party or President) America keeps to the same foreign policy and companies seem to have rather too much influence over government.
I would imagine Putin is completely ruthless in some respects; but he has been crystal clear on the Russian speaking states of Ukraine: NATO and the EU were told to keep out (they didn't); they were given notice to get their troops and diplomats out (which they did) and Russia has fired the traditional warning shot. If NATO puts a foot into Ukraine, Russia have indicated they will use nuclear weapons (believe that, or not; I believe they are not bluffing). I'm not a fan of Putin; definitely not Zelinsky and I view both Biden and Johnson as practiced liars who will bend over for the oil/arms/ banking lobbies. That's just my view, but normal countries v a super-power lose and if Russia wanted (bankrupt) Ukraine, they could raise it to the ground. Yes, I expect Russia will seek to eliminate any Western move on Ukraine; they lost 860,000 men and 1000 tanks in a single battle (which they won) in WW2; these former military (now weapon-salesmen) "experts" with their "war weather map" don't seem or want to understand that Ukraine is now Russian business.
Anyways, I'll return you to the narrative where Ukraine will defeat Russia if only you send more money, but on a cynical note...what has Ukraine done for us recently? This Ukraine crisis is the West's fault; they were warned, but they don't listen... toppling the Ukrainian government in 2014 was a v bad idea.
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