From The Grayzone:
Pushback with Aaron Maté
After weeks of US claims that a Russian invasion of Ukraine was imminent, Vladimir Putin instead recognized the breakaway republics of Luhansk and Donetsk. The decision has triggered a new round of US-led sanctions while bringing attention to rebel-held areas, where, according to UN figures on the Donbas war, 80% of civilian casualties have occurred since 2018.
Professor Richard Sakwa analyzes the factors behind Putin’s move, and its likely consequences. Putin’s decision, he says, comes after Kiev refused to implement the 2015 Minsk accords, which could have ended the conflict, and a longstanding US-driven project to expand NATO to Russia’s borders.
Guest: Richard Sakwa. Professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent. His books include Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands and his latest, Deception: Russiagate and the New Cold War.
Ukraine discriminates against the Russian speakers so the Russian speaking regions need to be part of Russia and not Ukraine.
Ah beat your chest
as you cross the line
brandon
you stupid old fool
this is for keeps
for if you send the troops
you will find
a war that you’ve never dreamed
it’ll be the end of everything
No more $ from selling guns and bombs
no more hunter
on a phony board
you fools
you’ve been the bully
for so long
now you prod a bear
that is not backing down
what do you do?
More threats?
You have no idea
how this will play out
your jingo game of Risk
is the gonna be
the end of everything
you idiots….
not a whimper
but a big-ass bang bang
how many times can somone step over your line with guns pointed at you? Putin said it over and over again about security but the west in arrogance ignored it like they have for 25 years. Chickens come home to roost and you reap what you sow brandon. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9c8de4239b191f9f81d8030b87af8151200f5c5ea9ae33b0b4ca4a3f880fec3c.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8a950d2e667c2c4f6b9dc041404926a62ae10f38a868d0ac53d5ca8b1a57af2b.jpg
Let us please also remember the horrific subjugation, extermination, and dispossession of the totally innocent, totally unprotected Palestinian Nation of Peoples.