Quote (ferdia @ Apr 4 2022 10:56am)
not being dead is better off but I accept some people have the notion "better free (dead) then under the yoke of Russia".
if what all you say is true then : If Trump had been re-elected Russia would likely not have invaded. In this regard I actually applaud Donald Trump (I am not a fan of Donald Trump ok, I liked Obama).
It should be understood that the reason there is a war in Ukraine right now is because Biden, or rather the Neocons which basically completely run his foreign policy, gave the green-light to Ukraine to wage a military offensive on the Donbass. The difference is that Trump would not have approved it. And so Russia was forced to react to this military threat against Donbass.
If Trump were in office, the conflict would have likely simmered another 4 years while the Ukrainians waited for an administration more sympathetic to their desire to conquer Donbass by force.
But they did not have to wait. And so here we are.
It will be really interesting to see what happens if and when Trump re-takes the white house in 2024. His natural instinct will be to reduce tensions in Ukraine, as he should. No doubt Congress, being the warmongering MIC puppets that they are, will react in horror.