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Your Turn / Re: Thread for discussion of Russia and Ukraine...
« on: March 07, 2023, 10:40:37 PM »Russia annexed territory in:
1992 Moldova
2008 Georgia
2014 Ukraine Crimea
2022 Ukraine eastern provinces, though with clear intent to take the capital
We did not intervene previously. What do you suppose has changed for the US and NATO that are lending so much military aid now?
What changed? Money. Western Europe started getting cozier with Russia, namely they started getting more energy sources (petroleum and natural gas) from Russia. The Nordstream and Nordstream 2 pipelines were built, which irritated the US. The US blew up the Nordstream 2 pipeline (according to individual studies by the Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes.)
The US was losing its preeminent spot as the supplier to Europe and Russia was moving in. NATO continued expanding and provoking Russia, now here we are fighting this proxy war. If it keeps going on Poland, a member of the North Atlantic (?) Treaty Organization, is going to be invaded. When that happens US soldiers will be on the move and killed in this war.
That's what changed.
Jeremy