Laying out the facts about how it came about is critical to a) avoiding WWIII here and b) discredit the neocons so they can never do anything like this ever again.
Really? So your opinion is a fact?
You write that there is justification for Putin's invasion....and he is the authoritarian azzhole.
What was the population of Ukraine in 2014?
Anti-Yushenko demonstrations around the country were estimated to be about 800,000 people.What was the population of Ukraine in 2014?
About 45 million
After the US used fascistic elements to plunge Ukraine into civil war in 2014, "targeting the industrial heart of the country in the eastern Donetsk area and largely cutting off trade with Russia", a depression resulted and the IMF responded with a $17 billion loan:
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/03/13/imfu-m13.html
"After shrinking by a stunning 7 percent in 2014, its economy is projected to contract by a further 5.5 to 12 percent this year (2015).
"Though its currency, the hryvnia, has recovered half of its losses since the signing of a cease-fire in Minsk last month, it is still down 27 percent this year.
"Initial IMF payments will go to key creditors of the Ukrainian government, which include major US financial firms PIMCO, BlackRock and Franklin Templeton Investments.
"The Russian government also owns roughly $3 billion of Ukraine’s $69 billion debt."
The US version of "free-trade imperialism" and financial parasitism stands the classical economists' understanding of free markets on its head. Instead of a market free from landlords, bankers, and monopoly rents, neoliberal economics lives in the short term, preferring to make money by financial engineering instead of industrial engineering.
Ukraine is merely their latest victim.
Less than the IMF decision to join the New Cold War against Russia.
No I did not. You can repeat that a million times but the fact remains, citing factual historical events and communications is never ever ever ever "justifying" anything, other than, well, the facts.
I cited numerous historical factual communications and events. That's not "opinion" - it's just the factual context. It chafes your neocon ass because it reveals your depravity.
You've cited opinions...
NATO and the US instigated a coup in Ukraine in 2014 that was spearheaded by neo-Nazi with the intent of installing a pro-western puppet regime in Kiev dedicated to inciting a civil war.
| "'In my role as a representative of the Ukrainian people, activists from the Volya Public Organization turned to me, providing clear evidence that within our country, with support and direct participation of the US Embass in Kiev, a “TechCamp” project is under way in which preparations are being made for a civil war in Ukraine.'" |
Posting the same opinion from a guy who fled to Russia is not proof. It also isn't very convincing. How did the US embassy get 800,000 people to demonstrate against the Pro-Moscow government in Kyiv?
Your interest in (potentially revisionist) history is fascinating, but Putin invaded in 2022, not 2014.
actually, Russian troops did enter Donbas in 2014 and have been fighting against the Ukrainian government since. Did you forget the jet liner shot down?
The facts are that a number of well respected experts and analysts were 100% spot on about where the US' meddling in Ukraine was headed...
I know they did. I was addressing the idiocy blaming it on Ukraine.
Who blamed it on Ukraine?
If you’re retracting, I graciously accept.
So their opinions match yours. Good for you. Much they write runs into what Putin said about why he invaded. Where did any of those "well respected" experts mention the need to "denazify" Ukraine?
www.businessinsider.com
How does "NATO leading Ukraine down a primrose path" to get "wrecked" make this awful war Ukraine's fault?
Putin did. He claimed Ukraine was a threat to Russia and he would have to demilitarize the country and denazify it.
