RE: Is Putin doing a u'turn ?15 Feb 2022 14:16
How can Putin be doing a Uturn if military traininng exercises were what was going on all along as per official Kremlin comms? 130k troops is not an invasion force lol.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/military-size-by-country
Country
Total Personnel ,Active Duty, Reserves, Paramilitary, 2022 Population
Ukraine 1,211,000 209,000 900,000 102,000 43,192,122
Not even close to an invasion force. It was all so much western propaganda. If anything I think a combination of Sleepy Joe, bumbling Bojo and Jupiter (Macron), Ukraine is now closer to Russia than it is the West after this absolute debacle. Here's a lecture by a professor who goes over the 2014 Ukraine/Crimea/Russia events. It all boils down to a need for buffer states between powerblocks, missile shields, MAD and a historical cultural paranoia of invasion. Did you know the root word of slave is slav because the slavic peoples were enslaved so much during subsequent barbarian (Monghols et al) conquests? Throw on top the Tzarist and soviet atrocities and it leaves a culture with paranoia around invasion on the zeitgiest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4&t=2959s
Give it a listen, it's good. Even back in 2014 the Ruskies were responding to NATO expansionism. Putin is not a good guy but nor are our lot however. In a cold war sense our alphabet soup agencies, spooks and politicians are the aggressors regarding Ukraine. The more you know.
Za vas slavyanskiy bratya N sestre!
And yes, I think Putin has played the west for fools simply by bringing his troops home just as western media reach hysteria over invasion imminent rhetoric that only those with no understanding of military logic would believe. I say again, 130k is not an invasion force proportional to the target country. Still though, right with Normbeef, thanks for the buying opportunity in EUA tehe. Also being thoroughly distracted by that BB these past few days. From misery to delight in about 48 hours lol, not for me, just the tone of the BB. Research allows one to see through the noise and relax imo.
Hope everyone is well.