Comments by "Fumble_ Brewski" (@fumble_brewski5410) on "Biden CAN’T STOP Fearmongering About Russia!" video.
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For ONCE in his life, JB has a valid point. Russia HAS to take Ukraine in order to secure the choke point(s) she formerly held during her days as the USSR. Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russia held all 9 (land) choke points. After the breakup, Russia was reduced to only 1. As a land power, Russia is inherently vulnerable. It sits on the European plain with few natural barriers to stop an enemy coming from the west. East of the Carpathian Mountains, the plain pivots southward, and the door to Russia opens.
It should be no surprise then that Russia’s national strategy is to move its frontier as far west as possible. The first tier of countries on the European Peninsula’s eastern edge—the Baltics, Belarus, and Ukraine—provide depth from which Russia can protect itself, and also provide additional economic opportunities. With regard to the current battle over Ukraine, the Russians have to assume that the Euro-American interest in creating a pro-Western regime has a purpose beyond Ukraine. From the Russian point of view, not only have they lost a critical buffer zone, but Ukrainian forces hostile to Russia have moved toward the Russian border. FYI, from Kharkiv to Moscow is only 648km (403 miles). At the same time, the West cannot assume that Russia—if it reclaims Ukraine—will stop there. Therefore, we are in the classic case where two forces assume the worst about each other. But Russia occupies the weaker position, having lost the first tier of the European Peninsula. It is struggling to maintain the physical integrity of the Motherland.
Russia is a relatively poor nation. Therefore, it isn’t prosperity that binds the country together, but a shared idealized vision of and loyalty toward Mother Russia. And in this sense, there is a deep chasm between both Europe and the United States (which use prosperity as a justification for loyalty) and Russia (for whom loyalty derives from the power of the state and the inherent definition of being Russian). Russia must expand or die--it's as simple as that. And both parties know this to be true. Therefore, unless some type of peace treaty can be negotiated between all concerned parties, military conflict between the USA/NATO and Russia is inevitable. Have a nice day.
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@Zennsunni They? Who’s they? They speak English in “they”? And where are all the lies of which you speak? Read your history before talking out of school, holmes. Russia has had the same game plan for the past 300+ years. Only the names have changed: Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Alexander I, Nicholas I, Nicholas II, Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Putin. Put on different faces, but keep the same game plan, which is Russian expansionism. Russia is now, has been, and will continue to be an aggressive, imperialist, expansionist nation.
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