gustafson
Diamond
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2002
- Location
- People's Republic
Apparent to who? Sounds like the typical neocon/Yewkrainian spin.
If you look at the history of persecuting the ethnic Russians in the Donbass that led to the revolt and takeover of two regions it becomes more clear that Putin's goal is to defend those breakaway regions and damage Ukraine's ability to retake them by destroying key military assets. He is going slow because he wishes to accomplish this with a minimum of Russian casualties. The entire campaign has been one of destroying assets and then retreating to a position of strength. I seriously doubt he intends to take over all of Ukraine but it is clear that he intends for those breakaway regions to remain independent allies of Russia and serve as a buffer on the border.
We've been lied to since the beginning, not only about Russia's motives and actions but also about their capabilities. Not long ago we were hearing the Russia was "weak" and would soon be defeated and driven from all of Ukraine. That hasn't happened and as Ukraine has suffered more defeats they are screaming for "more weapons" while their allies here gin up stories of atrocities, rapes, and even chemical warfare. What next? will they be accused of turning Ukrainians into soap and lampshades, an accusation against the Germans that first surfaced during WWI?
Jezuus Scott, just cut out the middleman and link to the Kremlin site directly