Some Russian-Ukraine Conflict History
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We read about the Russian-Ukraine hostility on almost a daily basis. But how many of us know more than a cursory amount about the complicated history of this far-away region? As with many other things, the mainstream media is primarily feeding us soundbites, where context is almost always absent.
Considering the potential worldwide implications of this conflict, it behooves us to have a better understanding of some contributing factors that led up to the current embroilment.
This video was posted in my Newsletter about three years ago. It is well worth re-reviewing, as a lot has happened in the three years since it was first released, and the situation is clearly far from resolved.
This short video gives an overview of how this is a very complicated matter. To expect President Trump — or anyone else — to just step in and fix this (or the similarly complex issue of the Middle East) is highly unrealistic.
If you’d like to read more about Ukraine, this report seems to be informative.
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America has a real advantage over Ukraine. We have been around for just 250 years, but our founders had a very well designed political structure. We have pretty well screwed up our beautiful design by corrupt politicians manipulating the system, but we still have the system and it is supposed to be self-correcting.
Ukraine has nothing of the sort. They have been manipulated unmercifully for a thousand years and other countries think they can take over and do better. That includes our folks who have we been there manipulating. Meanwhile, I think the average Ukrainian just wants to be left alone to make the best life possible for himself. His biggest problem is the politics.
So, what is different right here in the U.S.A.? Thank God we have the ability to figure out how to correct our past mistakes. Hopefully that was set into motion last November. We shall see how that future works out for us.
The article pretty well stated the majority of Ukrainians reject anyone taking away their freedom. That seems to me to be a step in the right direction. Maybe they can start with a Constitution and control the corrupt politicians that try to tear it down for personal gain better than we did.
Hunter Biden used that Ukraine corruption to great advantage back in 2015 and just asking about it got President Trump impeached. Surely all of this ties into the big picture. To me, that makes a lot of sense, a lot more than a stupid war.
Europeans and Asians have fought amongst themselves not just for centuries, but for millennia. Anyone who thinks a solution exists to end these conflicts is a fool. We should be wise not to become entangled with their disputes.