Comments by "HesteBremse" (@HesteBremse) on "This Is What Putin REALLY Wants (It's Not Ukraine*)" video.

  1. Kazakstan and the neighboring countries and regions will not get nearly as much attention in the west if Russia moves on them, the reason being distance and the fact the Ukraine is a natural resources jewel within European near accessibility. The cultural gap is also much larger the further east and south, even Syrian refugees was far from embraced like Ukrainian refugees are. The USA would though be watching movements even in these “distant” regions, because USA really benefits from war activities due to the huge military production sector at home. Wars are also testing grounds for new military equipment and tactics as well as also being used to dispose of dated munition stockpiles. The overall long term geo strategic competition is always on as well, but resources count more in most cases. There is a long way before Ukraine is no longer a contested region, and if it hopefully becomes a free nation, the road to rebuilding it is also a mouthful. Russia will be sanctioned for a long time as well, unless Putin is replaced or totally changes his plans (unlikely) - even now Russia has withdrawn troop from the Far East of Russia, so capabilities and thereby actual power to the ground might be severely reduced in the years to follow. The democratic west, despite many flaws are a much much better system proposals than any direct autocracy and so countries don’t come willingly to such forced system as eg Russia. People like freedom but they also like security and that is the challenge to balance right for any system to prosper “naturally”.
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