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Why is Russia invading Ukraine?

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This Kissinger post is not bad, and it's from 2014, yet it foretells what went on:

https://www.henryakissinger.com/articles/how-the-ukraine-cri...

This will explain in detail: https://acoup.blog/2022/02/25/miscellanea-understanding-the-... (long read).

I am from eastern Europe so I might be biased. This is Ukraine position which I agree with:

https://war.ukraine.ua/why/

Blaming West is overthinking the situation IMHO. The most simple explanation is that Russia is controlled by corrupt hierarchy with psycho on top of it. The psycho feels nostalgia for imperialism and soviet era. The psycho values hectares of land over the lives of peaceful civilians.

This is a bold take to believe in Ukraine propaganda and your own experiences. Trust me I am a very rational well-read geopolitical expert in power politics from California. Everything is about the USA, NATO, Russia and China. Little people like the Ukrainians have no agency or will of their own so surely one of the big players made them resist Russia for their own ends. Otherwise why would any country want to orient towards the EU instead of staying in the thriving few countries that are still heavily influenced by Moscow

"Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4

In pdf form here: https://www.thethinkingconservative.com/why-is-ukraine-the-w...

https://mobile.twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1499241067153...

(Navy War College prof, opinions his own.)

That's straight up Russian propaganda, so beware. In his ideas, a sovereign nation signing a treaty is an 'existential threat' for Russia, which of course, makes any problem in Ukraine the 'west's fault'. NATO expansion is not western imperialism, it is the result of 50 years of communist oppression and present-day anxiety of not ending up like Ukraine is right now. So, as someone who grew up in the eastern bloc, fuck Mearsheimer.

Well, here are some reasons which we seldom/never hear about on mainstream media:

https://www.bitchute.com/video/9Bf2Xd639SrV/

(summarized elegantly in a little over five minutes.)

this was the best explanation ive come across https://outline.com/jyUcyb

That link seems to be broken for me, is there perhaps another one?

Oh wow you're right, outline.com seems to be down entirely.

here's the original link, though it might be paywalled

https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2022/02/19/alexander...

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