[fredestine]

i am not sure how its not playbook US policies. remove a pro-russian president. put a pro europe leader that you select and do whatever you want in the country including setting up bases. just look at any past leader/alliances in middle east with USA. they always did that. you a russian strategist you'd take that into account...

[dale_glass]

I didn't say anything about US policies, I have no idea what you're replying to.

[fredestine]

NATO is USA.

[dale_glass]

I still didn't say anything related to that

[fredestine]

Putin wouldn't attack ukraine for no reason. He is probably one of the most open leader we had in recent years with trump. they both spoke exactly like they acted. Putin always said that ukraine should remain neutral and that if not russia will act with its army. same threats were pushed against finland for instance. Removing an elected president and backing up pro-european rioters definitly destroyed this neutrality. US knew that and prepared for this outcome willingly.

[dale_glass]

You're still answering to something I didn't say. I said precisely what I meant to. Try answering to something I actually said.

[fredestine]

"Putin would have always been able to attack Ukraine. He's not bound to some sort of world government contract. He can do anything in his power as the President of Russia, and that includes attacking Ukraine, even if for stupid or inconsistent reasons."

i was answering this. he is not - unlike the western press tends to say - stupid or incosistent. he is literaly the most consistent leader of his era. we know what he wants and what he protects. he never changed his mind on the key areas of his geopolitic view of the world. not like europe or us presidents do every new election or new mandate to get more voices. Putin always said that ukraine was to remain neutral. and if you play around words then by your logic even biden would be able to press the red button and extinct mankind for stupid or inconsistent reasons.