Quote (El1te @ 30 May 2023 00:34)
All of the causes for war are ammunition that Putin uses to further his territorial ambitions.
If you don't give him any ammunition, he cannot invade, or else it would be another WW2 situation which wouldn't end well for Russia (an unprovoked war)
Ukraine fucked up by recognizing neo-nazi paramilitaries, and looking the other way with what they were doing in the Donbas.
I disagree about the "fucked up" because without nationalists, especially in armed force, and in the situation of partial subduction they were against the russian mafosi system already, it would have be pretty hard; you don't win such fights with "politically moderated" soldiers.
They used nationalists groupes very certainly but using far right is globally a distraction for those supporting Putin's invasion. Btw if you read the wiki about it... These groups have been largely dismantled.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right_politics_in_Ukraine#Press_coveragePutin did the same or even worse with the "separatists" which were trained, paid, helped by special russian forces. Russia also grabbed groups from far right and even far left... FSB has all the procedures ready for this. All the soviet experience.
Finally the rationale could be: because all others attempts failed...
This post was edited by Meanwhile on May 29 2023 04:46pm