24 Jan 2023 11:05 am
Cannonpointer » 24 Jan 2023, 11:40 am » wrote: ↑ The notion that Putin will be emboldened to attack NATO countries if he isn't put to rout in 'Kraine is nonsense - fodder for the uneducated.
The difference between attacing ukraine and attacking poland is the difference between squishing a bug and hunting an elephant.
The ethnic russians were in an active state of rebellion when putin invaded.
They are being armed by and in many cases directed by the russian military.
They were holding petty grudges about ukranian nationalist militias raping their wives and killing their children.
For a decade. While the world press remained quiet. To foment a proxy war.
Well I agree with almost all that sentiment. EXCEPT the notion that the press was trying to foment a proxy war. The proxy war started when Putin invaded.
Nothing is easier than defending the status quo.