Why use tanks when artillery is enough?
Most of what you said, give it time, the Ukrainians will themselves wake you up from your stupor after the war.
The alternative is Russian troops standing and taking pictures at the gates of Buckingham Palace? Would that be proof? Neither BBC nor RT are proof. Only videos and pictures are.
Stopping Putin is easy. In less than 10 years he would be dead. By then Russia would have become rich enough for the people to demand more freedom. Putin didn't want to do what he's doing. He's just reacting. He's basically doing exactly what the US wanted Putin to do. Ukraine was the patsy, and next up are Georgia and Lithuania. Very stupid war.
That's exactly what the US wants Putin to do. The US wants an aggressive Putin so Europe militarises. The goal is to economically weaken Russia and still force them to spend more on their military. And the second goal is to force Europe to militarise. The time for "small armies" is over. Germany is learning the hard way that without hard power, their economy stands for sh!t. This will allow the US to concentrate on China.
Why is the US doing it this way, ie, forcing Russia to invade ex-USSR states? It's simple, the US can't allow Russia to militarise while the Europeans sit on their arses all day doing nothing.
Now watch carefully, as Europe stops oil and gas imports, new separatist regions will form in Europe, starting with Lithuania. And watch even more carefully as the US ignores Lithuania, followed by the Russians stealing a chunk of land to connect Kaliningrad with Belarus.
Ah, but you said NATO could easily invade Russian with tanks from the Ukrainian border earlier in this thread. Clearly tank invasions are not that easy. Russia is getting pounded just as much, because Ukraine is getting better positional intel on them.
You must be on drugs.
I have said they are where it says on liveuamap, prove me wrong.
You think this is making Russia rich?
Reacting to what exactly? A problem he himself caused by trying to to reverse the will of 40 million people in 2013?
Europe needs to militarise anyway, it has done for a long time. All these goals, maybe one man just did some stupid things, have you ever considered that?
You talk about the US as if they are like God or something. You are overestimating their ability to write the whole of reality.
Separatist regions aren't going to form because Europe is a nice place to live unlike Russia. What exactly would they be protesting against? Their democratic rights, their freedom, the stable economy, their ability to find work?
Russia is going to invade a land route to Kaliningrad?
Oh Lordy, these posts are getting desperate. I think after the Ukraine debacle if they even move forces to the Belarussian border with Lithuania or Poland, they will probably start hitting them with airstrikes.
The Russians are wooing Pakistanis as back up.
I thought Russia was supposed to support India against Pakistan?
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