Tammuz
Senior Member
What Russia Doesn’t Want You to Know About Your History
@barbos you implied that The Ukraine turned it's back on Russia because of US influance/propaganda.
I call bullshit on that. ALL the former Soviet stetes FEAR Russia. And want to join NATO. The invasions of Chechnya and the Ukraine only increase the fear and rush to the west. No US influance needed.
There was an old saying during the VietNam protests. "It's like grabing sand. The tighter your grip, the more slips through your fingers."
Russia is loosing aliais on it's own. And is trying to get them back by FORCE.
Totally agree. Russia has no one to blame but itself. Putin was quoted once as saying that he wants a border with Ukraine that is similar to what the US and Canada have. A friendly border. Well dip shit, here's a hint! If you want friendly border countries, don't bully and bomb the shit out of them! Don't kidnap their children and bomb their infrastructure. Ironically, before Russia invaded, Ukraine was really split in half. About half the country wanted to go west, the other half was mostly Russian speaking and preferred the east. That has totally swapped now. Most of that country hates Russia now.
I would say that it is a bit more complicated than that half of the country preferred to go with Russia. It was more that younger Ukrainians all across Ukraine wanted a Western future rather than one with Russia. As time went by, Russia saw that the Ukrainian electorate really wasn't into becoming like Russia. That is why Russia started to resort to military action.
Note that Zelenskyy is Russian-speaking, still has been Western-oriented the entire time.
Of course, the Russian invasion has turned even many of those more inclined to Russia against it.