For a forum that says it doesn’t want politics, sure seems to welcome the uke bros

 

why did russia invade ukraine?

 

Amazon has it for $10.99

 

why do you think Russia invaded Ukraine?

oh, that’s right it’s because NATO threatened Russia, and yet you can’t formulate an answer on how you can invade a country that has nuclear weapons. so I guess all the Russian generals are just stupid and don’t understand that they have complete strategic defensive security.

its all the wests fault i guess

 

If you are too cheap to buy the book it is available in many libraries.

if you are just too lazy or biased to even read it, well, that’s on you.

But if you TRULY want an answer to your question, there it is.

 

Does the book discuss how George Kennan was opposed to NATO in concept?
Kennen of ' the long telegram' was a brilliant and knowledgeable man.
But he had his blind spots.
He, for obvious reasons, viewed Russia through Stalin's time. It was Stalin who changed the Revolution to "socialism in one country". WW2 just dropped Eastern and Central Europe in his lap.

I have not read the book, so I am certain there are details in it that I would learn from.
But it must be remembered that Kennan oppos3d NATO. Partly because he didn't understand NATO,

Kennan never understood NATO either in its economic purposes nor in how it worked for the advancement of American interests.

Kennan only knew Communist Russia. He did not know todays fascist keleptocracy state.

Putin envisions a reinstated Tsarist Empire in Eurasia. He deeply resents NATO presence as it frustrates his vision for Russian expansion.
He would not, and did not, go to war with Ukraine because of this.
He invade Ukraine because it enrages him that Ukraine exists as a Nation seperate from Russia.
His view is that Ukraine is part of Russia, and he intends to make that a geopolitical reality.

Obviously the Ukrainians disagree.

 

^^^^^^^ All true.

But we won't let that stop one poster from STILL screaming the question..........

And, like you, we simply hope that Mad Vlad finally gives up and leaves Ukraine, much like the Russians did in Afghanistan.

Although, without getting into the weeds, thats was also helped by a change in leadership in Russia. Which is probably what's going to have to take place here.

These are rhetorical;

How many more tens/hundreds of billions from the west is it going to take?

And after damn near 4 years, how much territory has changed hands?

Sure, Russia advances at a snails pace, yet Ukraine isn't exactly driving them out at a crazy pace either.

ExCargo put the numbers up in another (locked thread), sure, they have the "manpower" to hold them off, but do they have it to drive them out and keep them at bay?

I'd also like to hear your thoughts on why "manpower" isn't the issue some of us think it is.

 

why did russia invade ukraine?

 

…for the same reason there is no Santa. Go easy on the egg nog Rudolf

 

Don’t we all

Yet Kennan was largely the architect of our postwar containment policy that did indeed win the Cold War. and this is WIDELY recognized.

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Implying that the architect of the containment of the USSR and the winning of the Cold War knows nothing of Russian motivation is either naïveté bordering on foolishness or outright Sophistry.

You ought to read the aforementioned book.

Hub, for damn sure ought to read the book.

And Merry Christmas everyone.