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Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer
UnCommon Core: The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine Crisis

John J. Mearsheimer, the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in Political Science and Co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago, assesses the causes of the present Ukraine crisis, the best way to end it, and its consequences for all of the main actors. A key assumption is that in order to come up with the optimum plan for ending the crisis, it is essential to know what caused the crisis. Regarding the all-important question of causes, the key issue is whether Russia or the West bears primary responsibility.

Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer
UnCommon Core: The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine Crisis

John J. Mearsheimer, the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in Political Science and Co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago, assesses the causes of the present Ukraine crisis, the best way to end it, and its consequences for all of the main actors. A key assumption is that in order to come up with the optimum plan for ending the crisis, it is essential to know what caused the crisis. Regarding the all-important question of causes, the key issue is whether Russia or the West bears primary responsibility.
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The west is leading Ukraine to its death and west is not helping. West's help is little too late. I also don't think EU or USA has any political support or interest to join the war, especially after bungling Afghanistan exit. I don't think there is any appetite to join another war. Russia knows this very well.
I can't imagine Western media ever being so honest and real as this, ever in my lifetime.
[The West] wants to fight the Russians to the last Ukrainian... It is extremely immoral for NATO to cheerlead Zelensky into fighting the Russians to the last man standing in Ukraine."

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOkn3l7mddc [/url]
The west is leading Ukraine to its death and west is not helping. West's help is little too late. I also don't think EU or USA has any political support or interest to join the war, especially after bungling Afghanistan exit. I don't think there is any appetite to join another war. Russia knows this very well.
I can't imagine Western media ever being so honest and real as this, ever in my lifetime.
[The West] wants to fight the Russians to the last Ukrainian... It is extremely immoral for NATO to cheerlead Zelensky into fighting the Russians to the last man standing in Ukraine."

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOkn3l7mddc [/url]
The west is leading Ukraine to its death and west is not helping. West's help is little too late. I also don't think EU or USA has any political support or interest to join the war, especially after bungling Afghanistan exit. I don't think there is any appetite to join another war. Russia knows this very well.
I can't imagine Western media ever being so honest and real as this, ever in my lifetime.
[The West] wants to fight the Russians to the last Ukrainian... It is extremely immoral for NATO to cheerlead Zelensky into fighting the Russians to the last man standing in Ukraine."

infofta:
There is no tactics he thought he could walk into Kiev and take over like Crimea.
With so much pressure on Putin a ceasefire will soon be reached and he lost sacrificing his armies and innocent people for nothing

There can only be ceasefire if it in favour of Russia, meaning they have achieved their aim of invasion. Ukraine should capitulate to avoid further destruction and loss of life.

Gainman:
hmmm what can I say about u. How old are u? I asked because u talked like someone who to like movies and play PS game. They will tear which country? Even US who invaded Iraq or Libya and Afghanistan could not do that. They had a specific mission and they strike their target.
Do u know what they mean by genocide? This is is an international crime. The United Nations will charge him for this not United State. If u don't remember history, go and ask Saddam Hussein in hell. Stylishly don't u realise Putin is turning to be a terrorist. Don't compare this Putin invasion to d US invasion. All d countries invaded by d US was already declared terrorist spot. Is Ukraine a terrorist nation? The US is only waiting for Putin to make a mistake. Not that US is weak. They are using Ukraine to set him up. You these people no sabi politics reason u are hailing Russia. Even let assume Russia was right. Are u telling me Russia alone can face these EU and NATO nations. China in this case will never join Russia in going to war. No countries can afford to waste her human and financial resources in a war again because your own citizens will turn their back against their govt. Is only Putin that doesn't care if he wasn't d lives of its citizens because he is a dictator. Funny enough many Russian are against his invasion. Putin will regret this very soon. Don't let your hatred for US to affect your opinion.

You are talking like a small kid you don't know world politics. You said America is using Ukraine to set Russia up. I want to ask you to what end is America doing that?
Is it so that, they can go to war with Russia? You reason like a kid. Russia has second largest nuclear war heads in the world. That is why America is afraid to help Ukraine because nothing will stop this war to snowball to world war leading to nuclear war and nobody can predict how it will end. Russia and China are the only countries that have supersonic missile America does not have it. A hypersonic missile is a missile that travels faster than Mach 5, or 3,836mph.

This means they move at about one mile per second, or five times faster than the speed of sound. There is currently no way to stop or intercept them.

Some can travel even faster. Russia’s Kh-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile, for example, can allegedly reach Mach 10, equivalent to more than 7,600mph.

In 1994 Russia signed the accord, he referred to, to guarantee the independence of Ukraine, there was no NATO expansion in the cards. It was promised after the collapse of the Soviet Union that NATO would not move one inch eastward towards the borders of Russia. Putin, including Boris Yeltsin, had repeatedly complained to the West about the NATO expansion to no avail.

Also, the claim by the West that entry of Ukraine in NATO cannot be rejected because NATO has an OPEN DOOR POLICY to any country that wants to join, is plainly a diversion to hide the real reason. The fact is that Putin himself had asked for Russia to be a member of NATO and EU and was turned down flatly.
The real purpose of NATO expansion was a new US strategy designed to isolate RUSSIA from all of the former Warsaw countries so that Russia would never rise again to challenge US hegemony. As you can that strategy is beginning to backfire. One more caveat to remember by everyone is that, among other important figures, George F Kennan, the chief architect of US foreign policy during the Cold War, had opposed very much in 1997 the NATO expansion venture because that would have derailed the new amicable relationship with Russia and lead to another, more dangerous arms race with Russia.

Putin did nothing to anger the US until 2007; he went rogue thereafter at home and abroad, largely due to NATO expansion. He made it very clear at a G20 meeting, saying, "the mistake we (Russia) made was to trust you too much; the mistake you (US) made was to take advantage of it." . After this, all we heard of was how bad or terrible Putin was.

The fact is that the media just sees one side of the coin. If this crisis over Ukraine gets worse, the US is chiefly to blame, but most will not believe it, because the root causes of today's crisis initiated many years ago reaching a boiling point.

This was a big blunder on the US side, in that it is causing Russia to join forces with their worst enemies, like China and Iran, not to mention other headaches like Syria and North Korea.

The US has passed 90% of its existence involved in wars and conflicts in different countries of the world.

This list doesn't include "undercover" operations of the CIA, financing of opposition groups, coups d'etat, that is, other forms of intervention and interference.

1945: Bombs the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1961: Mercenary forces recruited, organized, financed and directed by the United States invade Cuba.

1965: Dominican Republic

1966: Guatemala

1980: Organizes a military intervention in the desert of Tabas (central Iran).

1981: The “contras” war begins to eliminate the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.

1986: Launches an air strike against Libya.

1989: Invades Panama to arrest whoever was his protégé, Manuel Noriega. The operation left no less than 3,000 civilian casualties.

1991: Attacks Iraq in what is called the Gulf War (Persian).

1998: Guided by incomplete or erroneous information, attack Sudan.

1999: The USA, at the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), bombs Yugoslavia and causes its disintegration.

2001: Invades Afghanistan.

2003: Invades Iraq.

2011: Attack Libya.

2011: Support terrorists and armed groups to try to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad.

2018: Bombs Syria
After all these nobody sanctioned them.
America is the cause of war and conflicts in the world by trying at all cost to control the world affairs and by playing double standards.
America can not allow Russia to have her war base in Mexico or Canada if these countries were to allow Russia. So Ukraine, a child of Russia, has been persuaded by America and the West to be a member of NATO, but refused Russia's demand to be a member of NATO and EU.
The expansion of NATO if care is not taken can cause WW3.
This is to educate some people to understand what is happening in the world and why Putin did what he did for Russia security.

ChybuzzDD:
You really don't understand anything.
I think you're one those who don't do any research before running online to deposit their ignorance
Let me educate you. Ukraine is not a NATO member, and NATO has no obligations to defend it, neither did it promise it(ukraine) any military defence
Nato is obligated only to its members. Compare it a cult group. Ukraine is not yet a member.
Concerning your hyping of Putin using nuclear weapons, that's a stupid idea that's not feasible.
NATO is a 30-member strong nation, with 3.5million active forces, and combined millions of nuclear war heads, ballistic missiles, warplanes, etc.
How do you defeat these from a single country
So, if you were Putin, you would go and fire nuclear weapon into England or France, for instance?
Do you have any plan to destroy all the 30 countries at the same time?
Some of you don't do any research, you just jump to social media and start typing and posting.

So because a country is not a member of NATO America and UN will be watching a country ruin and kill civilians of another country?
America claim to be Police of the world and UN is to stop wars in the world. what are they waiting for. Let me tell you, had it been it is a small country like Iraq evading Kuwait America would have intervened. They are afraid of Russia Nuke whether you take or not. How can the whole world be helpless and stay by the side and watch, because Russia is a Nuclear Power, Putin they know right now is ready for anything.

All those your 30 countries were afraid of Russia that was why they had alliance with America to protect them. Remove America from NATO They can't stand Russia. You forgot that China and North Korea are nuclear power and Russia allies. WW3 will be nuclear war if you don't know let me teach you.
So don't lecture me what you don't know. Let me tell you, Russia and China have nuke that can wipe out the earth 10 times.

Krismas:
Keep in mind Russia can equally be destroyed by NATO nuclear attack. Putin is just a land grabber, very greedy about taking properties that don’t belong to him, that’s all. Forget story

You are ignorant of world affair. What of Israel that has occupied Golan height in Syria and west bank (supported by America and the West)
Is that not land grabbing?
In 1994 Russia signed accord, to guarantee the independence of Ukraine, there was no NATO expansion in the cards. It was promised after the collapse of the Soviet Union that NATO would not move one inch eastward towards the borders of Russia. Putin, including Boris Yeltsin, had repeatedly complained to the West about the NATO expansion to no avail.

Also, the claim by the West that entry of Ukraine in NATO cannot be rejected because NATO has an OPEN DOOR POLICY to any country that wants to join, is plainly a diversion to hide the real reason. The fact is that Putin himself had asked for Russia to be a member of NATO and EU and was turned down flatly.
The real purpose of NATO expansion was a new US strategy designed to isolate RUSSIA from all of the former Warsaw countries so that Russia would never rise again to challenge US hegemony. As you can that strategy is beginning to backfire. One more caveat to remember by everyone is that, among other important figures, George F Kennan, the chief architect of US foreign policy during the Cold War, had opposed very much in 1997 the NATO expansion venture because that would have derailed the new amicable relationship with Russia and lead to another, more dangerous arms race with Russia.

Putin did nothing to anger the US until 2007; he went rogue thereafter at home and abroad, largely due to NATO expansion. He made it very clear at a G20 meeting, saying, "the mistake we (Russia) made was to trust you too much; the mistake you (US) made was to take advantage of it." . After this, all we heard of was how bad or terrible Putin was.

The fact is that the media just sees one side of the coin. If this crisis over Ukraine gets worse, the US is chiefly to blame, but most will not believe it, because the root causes of today's crisis initiated many years ago reaching a boiling point.

This was a big blunder on the US side, in that it is causing Russia to join forces with their worst enemies, like China and Iran, not to mention other headaches like Syria and North Korea.

The US has passed 90% of its existence involved in wars and conflicts in different countries of the world.

This list doesn't include "undercover" operations of the CIA, financing of opposition groups, coups d'etat, that is, other forms of intervention and interference.

1945: Bombs the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1961: Mercenary forces recruited, organized, financed and directed by the United States invade Cuba.

1965: Dominican Republic

1966: Guatemala

1980: Organizes a military intervention in the desert of Tabas (central Iran).

1981: The “contras” war begins to eliminate the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.

1986: Launches an air strike against Libya.

1989: Invades Panama to arrest whoever was his protégé, Manuel Noriega. The operation left no less than 3,000 civilian casualties.

1991: Attacks Iraq in what is called the Gulf War (Persian).

1998: Guided by incomplete or erroneous information, attack Sudan.

1999: The USA, at the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), bombs Yugoslavia and causes its disintegration.

2001: Invades Afghanistan.

2003: Invades Iraq.

2011: Attack Libya.

2011: Support terrorists and armed groups to try to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad.

2018: Bombs Syria
After all these nobody sanctioned them.
America is the cause of war and conflicts in the world by trying at all cost to control the world affairs and by playing double standards.
America can not allow Russia to have her war base in Mexico or Canada if these countries were to allow Russia. So Ukraine, a child of Russia, has been persuaded by America and the West to be a member of NATO, but refused Russia's demand to be a member of NATO and EU.
The expansion of NATO if care is taken can cause WW3.
This is to educate some people to understand what is happening in the world and why Putin did what he did for Russia security.

ChybuzzDD:
People who don't have access to Tv are just ranting.
You didn't hear NATO deployed additional 7000 soldiers and military hardwares to Estonia yesterday, and told him the very same thing he wanted to prevent is now happening?
Putin's invasion of Ukraine has made NATO reinforce around that eastern front, which was exactly what he wanted to stop.
Dialogue would have been the best thing because he can't face a 30-nation strong NATO which is also a nuclear power.

Be informed that Russia can nuke all Europe and wipe them out. That is why they are afraid to send their troops to fight Russia and defend Ukraine, they are scared. Putin said any country that interfere will see consequences they have not seen in their history.
Russia is fighting for their security. Ukraine a child of Russia wants to join the club of the enemies of their father Russia so that they will come and have their war base at the backyard of Russia. If it is America they can't accept it.

This is an opportunity to show the importance of non-alignment and neutrality to countries in world history. All nations must realize that they cannot go after powerful nations and secure their own. It is ridiculous to think that one side can unite and defeat the other because the nuclear powers have a very good assessment of each other's military capabilities. Ukraine would never have been in this predicament if it had pursued a policy of neutrality in the face of the influence of powerful countries. Sadly, it is innocent people who suffer because of politically stupid decisions.

about 100 countries:

PHILIPPINES 1948-54 Command operation CIA directs war against Huk Rebellion.

PUERTO RICO 1950 Command operation Independence rebellion crushed in Ponce.

KOREA 1951-53 (-?) Troops, naval, bombing , nuclear threats U.S./So. Korea fights China/No. Korea to stalemate; A-bomb threat in 1950, and against China in 1953. Still have bases.

IRAN 1953 Command Operation CIA overthrows democracy, installs Shah.

VIETNAM 1954 Nuclear threat French offered bombs to use against seige.

GUATEMALA 1954 Command operation, bombing, nuclear threat CIA directs exile invasion after new gov’t nationalized U.S. company lands; bombers based in Nicaragua.

EGYPT 1956 Nuclear threat, troops Soviets told to keep out of Suez crisis; Marines evacuate foreigners.

LEBANON l958 Troops, naval Army & Marine occupation against rebels.

IRAQ 1958 Nuclear threat Iraq warned against invading Kuwait.

CHINA l958 Nuclear threat China told not to move on Taiwan isles.

PANAMA 1958 Troops Flag protests erupt into confrontation.

VIETNAM l960-75 Troops, naval, bombing, nuclear threats Fought South Vietnam revolt & North Vietnam; one million killed in longest U.S. war; atomic bomb threats in l968 and l969.

CUBA l961 Command operation CIA-directed exile invasion fails.

GERMANY l961 Nuclear threat Alert during Berlin Wall crisis.

LAOS 1962 Command operation Military buildup during guerrilla war.

CUBA l962 Nuclear threat, naval Blockade during missile crisis; near-war with Soviet Union.

IRAQ 1963 Command operation CIA organizes coup that killed president, brings Ba’ath Party to power, and Saddam Hussein back from exile to be head of the secret service.

PANAMA l964 Troops Panamanians shot for urging canal’s return.

INDONESIA l965 Command operation Million killed in CIA-assisted army coup.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1965-66 Troops, bombing Army & Marines land during election campaign.

GUATEMALA l966-67 Command operation Green Berets intervene against rebels.

DETROIT l967 Troops Army battles African Americans, 43 killed.

UNITED STATES l968 Troops After King is shot; over 21,000 soldiers in cities.

CAMBODIA l969-75 Bombing, troops, naval Up to 2 million killed in decade of bombing, starvation, and political chaos.

OMAN l970 Command operation U.S. directs Iranian marine invasion.

LAOS l971-73 Command operation, bombing U.S. directs South Vietnamese invasion; “carpet-bombs” countryside.

SOUTH DAKOTA l973 Command operation Army directs Wounded Knee siege of Lakotas.

MIDEAST 1973 Nuclear threat World-wide alert during Mideast War.

CHILE 1973 Command operation CIA-backed coup ousts elected Marxist president.

CAMBODIA l975 Troops, bombing Gassing of captured ship Mayagüez, 28 troops die when copter shot down.

ANGOLA l976-92 Command operation CIA assists South African-backed rebels.

IRAN l980 Troops, nuclear threat, aborted bombing Raid to rescue Embassy hostages; 8 troops die in copter-plane crash. Soviets warned not to get involved in revolution.

LIBYA l981 Naval jets Two Libyan jets shot down in manoeuvres.

EL SALVADOR l981-92 Command operation, troops Advisors, overflights aid anti-rebel war, soldiers briefly involved in hostage clash.

NICARAGUA l981-90 Command operation, naval CIA directs exile (Contra) invasions, plants harbor mines against revolution.

LEBANON l982-84 Naval, bombing, troops Marines expel PLO and back Phalangists, Navy bombs and shells Muslim positions. 241 Marines killed when Shi’a rebel bombs barracks.

GRENADA l983-84 Troops, bombing Invasion four years after revolution.

HONDURAS l983-89 Troops Maneuvers help build bases near borders.

IRAN l984 Jets Two Iranian jets shot down over Persian Gulf.

LIBYA l986 Bombing, naval Air strikes to topple Qaddafi gov’t.

BOLIVIA 1986 Troops Army assists raids on cocaine region.

IRAN l987-88 Naval, bombing US intervenes on side of Iraq in war, defending reflagged tankers and shooting down civilian jet.

LIBYA 1989 Naval jets Two Libyan jets shot down.

VIRGIN ISLANDS 1989 Troops St. Croix Black unrest after storm.

PHILIPPINES 1989 Jets Air cover provided for government against coup.

PANAMA 1989 (-?) Troops, bombing Nationalist government ousted by 27,000 soldiers, leaders arrested, 2000+ killed.

LIBERIA 1990 Troops Foreigners evacuated during civil war.

SAUDI ARABIA 1990-91 Troops, jets Iraq countered after invading Kuwait. 540,000 troops also stationed in Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Israel.

IRAQ 1990-91 Bombing, troops, naval Blockade of Iraqi and Jordanian ports, air strikes; 200,000+ killed in invasion of Iraq and Kuwait; large-scale destruction of Iraqi military.

KUWAIT 1991 Naval, bombing, troops Kuwait royal family returned to throne.

IRAQ 1991-2003 Bombing, naval No-fly zone over Kurdish north, Shiite south; constant air strikes and naval-enforced economic sanctions

LOS ANGELES 1992 Troops Army, Marines deployed against anti-police uprising.

SOMALIA 1992-94 Troops, naval, bombing U.S.-led United Nations occupation during civil war; raids against one Mogadishu faction.

YUGOSLAVIA 1992-94 Naval NATO blockade of Serbia and Montenegro.

BOSNIA 1993-? Jets, bombing No-fly zone patrolled in civil war; downed jets, bombed Serbs.

HAITI 1994 Troops, naval Blockade against military government; troops restore President Aristide to office three years after coup.

ZAIRE (CONGO) 1996-97 Troops Troops at Rwandan Hutu refugee camps, in area where Congo revolution begins.

LIBERIA 1997 Troops Soldiers under fire during evacuation of foreigners.

ALBANIA 1997 Troops Soldiers under fire during evacuation of foreigners.

SUDAN 1998 Missiles Attack on pharmaceutical plant alleged to be “terrorist” nerve gas plant.

AFGHANISTAN 1998 Missiles Attack on former CIA training camps used by Islamic fundamentalist groups alleged to have attacked embassies.

IRAQ 1998 Bombing, Missiles Four days of intensive air strikes after weapons inspectors allege Iraqi obstructions.

YUGOSLAVIA 1999 Bombing, Missiles Heavy NATO air strikes after Serbia declines to withdraw from Kosovo. NATO occupation of Kosovo.

YEMEN 2000 Naval USS Cole, docked in Aden, bombed.

MACEDONIA 2001 Troops NATO forces deployed to move and disarm Albanian rebels.

UNITED STATES 2001 Jets, naval Reaction to hijacker attacks on New York, DC

AFGHANISTAN 2001-? Troops, bombing, missiles Massive U.S. mobilization to overthrow Taliban, hunt Al Qaeda fighters, install Karzai regime, and battle Taliban insurgency. More than 30,000 U.S. troops and numerous private security contractors carry our occupation.

YEMEN 2002 Missiles Predator drone missile attack on Al Qaeda, including a US citizen.

PHILIPPINES 2002-? Troops, naval Training mission for Philippine military fighting Abu Sayyaf rebels evolves into combat missions in Sulu Archipelago, west of Mindanao.

COLOMBIA 2003-? Troops US special forces sent to rebel zone to back up Colombian military protecting oil pipeline.

IRAQ 2003-11 Troops, naval, bombing, missiles Saddam regime toppled in Baghdad. More than 250,000 U.S. personnel participate in invasion. US and UK forces occupy country and battle Sunni and Shi’ite insurgencies. More than 160,000 troops and numerous private contractors carry out occupation and build large permanent bases.

LIBERIA 2003 Troops Brief involvement in peacekeeping force as rebels drove out leader.

HAITI 2004-05 Troops, naval Marines & Army land after right-wing rebels oust elected President Aristide, who was advised to leave by Washington.

PAKISTAN 2005-? Missiles, bombing, covert operation CIA missile and air strikes and Special Forces raids on alleged Al Qaeda and Taliban refuge villages kill multiple civilians. Drone attacks also on Pakistani Mehsud network.

SOMALIA 2006-? Missiles, naval, troops, command operation Special Forces advise Ethiopian invasion that topples Islamist government; AC-130 strikes, Cruise missile attacks and helicopter raids against Islamist rebels; naval blockade against “pirates” and insurgents.

SYRIA 2008 Troops Special Forces in helicopter raid 5 miles from Iraq kill 8 Syrian civilians

YEMEN 2009-? Missiles, command operation Cruise missile attack on Al Qaeda kills 49 civilians; Backing Saudi-Yemeni military assaults on rebels

LIBYA 2011-? Bombing, missiles, troops, command operation NATO coordinates air strikes and missile attacks against Qaddafi government during uprising by rebel army. Periodic Special Forces raids against Islamist insurgents.

IRAQ 2014-? Bombing, missiles, troops, command operation

Air strikes and Special Forces intervene against Islamic State insurgents; training Iraqi and Kurdish troops. Attacks on pro-Iran militias & Iranian general, 2019-20.

SYRIA 2014-? Bombing, missiles, troops, command operation

Air strikes and Special Forces intervene against Islamic State insurgents; training other Syrian insurgents; bombing alleged Syrian government chemical arms sites.

NIGER 2017 Troops

Special Forces combat against Islamist insurgents.

Source: https://sites.evergreen.edu/zoltan/interventions/

In 1994 Russia signed the accord, to guarantee the independence of Ukraine, there was no NATO expansion in the cards. It was promised after the collapse of the Soviet Union that NATO would not move one inch eastward towards the borders of Russia. Putin, including Boris Yeltsin, had repeatedly complained to the West about the NATO expansion to no avail.

Also, the claim by the West that entry of Ukraine in NATO cannot be rejected because NATO has an OPEN DOOR POLICY to any country that wants to join, is plainly a diversion to hide the real reason. The fact is that Putin himself had asked for Russia to be a member of NATO and EU and was turned down flatly.
The real purpose of NATO expansion was a new US strategy designed to isolate RUSSIA from all of the former Warsaw countries so that Russia would never rise again to challenge US hegemony. As you can that strategy is beginning to backfire. One more caveat to remember by everyone is that, among other important figures, George F Kennan, the chief architect of US foreign policy during the Cold War, had opposed very much in 1997 the NATO expansion venture because that would have derailed the new amicable relationship with Russia and lead to another, more dangerous arms race with Russia.

Putin did nothing to anger the US until 2007; he went rogue thereafter at home and abroad, largely due to NATO expansion. He made it very clear at a G20 meeting, saying, "the mistake we (Russia) made was to trust you too much; the mistake you (US) made was to take advantage of it." . After this, all we heard of was how bad or terrible Putin was.

The fact is that the media just sees one side of the coin. If this crisis over Ukraine gets worse, the US is chiefly to blame, but most will not believe it, because the root causes of today's crisis initiated many years ago reaching a boiling point.

This was a big blunder on the US side, in that it is causing Russia to join forces with their worst enemies, like China and Iran, not to mention other headaches like Syria and North Korea.

The US has passed 90% of its existence involved in wars and conflicts in different countries of the world.

This list doesn't include "undercover" operations of the CIA, financing of opposition groups, coups d'etat, that is, other forms of intervention and interference.

1945: Bombs the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1961: Mercenary forces recruited, organized, financed and directed by the United States invade Cuba.

1965: Dominican Republic

1966: Guatemala

1980: Organizes a military intervention in the desert of Tabas (central Iran).

1981: The “contras” war begins to eliminate the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.

1986: Launches an air strike against Libya.

1989: Invades Panama to arrest whoever was his protégé, Manuel Noriega. The operation left no less than 3,000 civilian casualties.

1991: Attacks Iraq in what is called the Gulf War (Persian).

1998: Guided by incomplete or erroneous information, attack Sudan.

1999: The USA, at the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), bombs Yugoslavia and causes its disintegration.

2001: Invades Afghanistan.

2003: Invades Iraq.

2011: Attack Libya.

2011: Support terrorists and armed groups to try to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad.

2018: Bombs Syria
After all these nobody sanctioned them.
America is the cause of war and conflicts in the world by trying at all cost to control the world affairs and by playing double standards.
America can not allow Russia to have her war base in Mexico or Canada if these countries were to allow Russia. So Ukraine, a child of Russia, has been persuaded by America and the West to be a member of NATO, but refused Russia's demand to be a member of NATO and EU.
The expansion of NATO if care is taken can cause WW3.
This is to educate some people to understand what is happening in the world and why Putin did what he did for Russia security.

In 1994 Russia signed the accord, he referred to, to guarantee the independence of Ukraine, there was no NATO expansion in the cards. It was promised after the collapse of the Soviet Union that NATO would not move one inch eastward towards the borders of Russia. Putin, including Boris Yeltsin, had repeatedly complained to the West about the NATO expansion to no avail.

Also, the claim by the West that entry of Ukraine in NATO cannot be rejected because NATO has an OPEN DOOR POLICY to any country that wants to join, is plainly a diversion to hide the real reason. The fact is that Putin himself had asked for Russia to be a member of NATO and EU and was turned down flatly.
The real purpose of NATO expansion was a new US strategy designed to isolate RUSSIA from all of the former Warsaw countries so that Russia would never rise again to challenge US hegemony. As you can that strategy is beginning to backfire. One more caveat to remember by everyone is that, among other important figures, George F Kennan, the chief architect of US foreign policy during the Cold War, had opposed very much in 1997 the NATO expansion venture because that would have derailed the new amicable relationship with Russia and lead to another, more dangerous arms race with Russia.

Putin did nothing to anger the US until 2007; he went rogue thereafter at home and abroad, largely due to NATO expansion. He made it very clear at a G20 meeting, saying, "the mistake we (Russia) made was to trust you too much; the mistake you (US) made was to take advantage of it." . After this, all we heard of was how bad or terrible Putin was.

The fact is that the media just sees one side of the coin. If this crisis over Ukraine gets worse, the US is chiefly to blame, but most will not believe it, because the root causes of today's crisis initiated many years ago reaching a boiling point.

This was a big blunder on the US side, in that it is causing Russia to join forces with their worst enemies, like China and Iran, not to mention other headaches like Syria and North Korea.

The US has passed 90% of its existence involved in wars and conflicts in different countries of the world.

This list doesn't include "undercover" operations of the CIA, financing of opposition groups, coups d'etat, that is, other forms of intervention and interference.

1945: Bombs the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1961: Mercenary forces recruited, organized, financed and directed by the United States invade Cuba.

1965: Dominican Republic

1966: Guatemala

1980: Organizes a military intervention in the desert of Tabas (central Iran).

1981: The “contras” war begins to eliminate the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.

1986: Launches an air strike against Libya.

1989: Invades Panama to arrest whoever was his protégé, Manuel Noriega. The operation left no less than 3,000 civilian casualties.

1991: Attacks Iraq in what is called the Gulf War (Persian).

1998: Guided by incomplete or erroneous information, attack Sudan.

1999: The USA, at the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), bombs Yugoslavia and causes its disintegration.

2001: Invades Afghanistan.

2003: Invades Iraq.

2011: Attack Libya.

2011: Support terrorists and armed groups to try to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad.

2018: Bombs Syria
After all these nobody sanctioned them.
America is the cause of war and conflicts in the world by trying at all cost to control the world affairs and by playing double standards.
America can not allow Russia to have her war base in Mexico or Canada if these countries were to allow Russia. So Ukraine, a child of Russia, has been persuaded by America and the West to be a member of NATO, but refused Russia's demand to be a member of NATO and EU.
The expansion of NATO if care is taken can cause WW3.
This is to educate some people to understand what is happening in the world and why Putin did what he did for Russia security.

Fuckingmallam45:
Remember Russia has an economy about the size of the state of Texas. Maybe a little smaller. Their economy could be tipped over by America imposing sanctions. Even a blow hard like Putin knows this. That fact plus the ability for the Ukraine to give Russia a hell of a black eye even though they may not win the war doesn't means they will not try. Putin’s threat to turn America into ashes is like the little drunk guy in a bar who has had four Karate lessons threatening to kick the big guys ass. It's all bluff or he has had too much to drink or both. In spite of boastful claims Russia's military is about two decades behind America's. If he tried to start a conflict his military would turn on him.

You are very much ignorant and not informed by your comments. For you to equate Russia with Texas shows your level of ignorance.
Why not ask why America and NATO are not sending their troops to help Ukraine. Russia has nuclear war heads that can wipe out the whole Europe. Russia is supplying 40% of gas the whole Europe is using. So Nobody can underestimate Russia militarily and economically. Wait and see when Russia will start her sanction against Europe it will just cut off the gas line to Europe. As we are entering winter imagine what will happen.
So comment what you know and don't expose your ignorance.

In the next 3 days you will hear Ukraine president has left the country and run.
Do know how many Ukraine armies captured by the Russians. They can't show it.

You are very ignorant of What is happening so chill out. You don't know what is happening Russians are fighting for their security from the NATO and America.

Ukraine can not be a member of NATO.
It is like your kid going to be a member of your enemies club and bring them home so that in the event of war they will easily overturn you. You can't allow that.
Ukraine was created by Russia there was no country called Ukraine. Now they want to jeopardize the interest and security of the father. Putin is ready to use nuclear war heads if the NATO try to intervene.

PENISgod:
More and more Russian people will start to attack Putin the moment Ukraine overcome their fear and decide to take the war to Russian territory too by unleashing hell on some Russia cities and infrastructure. Right now due to Ukrains fear and cowardice, Russian citizens are not even feeling this war one bit. When they start to feel the heat too, they will be forced to attack Putin and he will have no choice but to back down...

All these nonsense started when Ukraine decided to allow Russia seize Crimea without a serious fight and resistance.. That's what gave Russia confidence to be doing all these rubbish..
Honestly Ukrainians need a fearless leader because that man calling himself their president is a very useless man...

How can your citizens be dying and suffering for nothing why Russians that declared and provoked war are in their homes sleeping in peace not even concerned at all...

Take the 4ucking war to Russia.. Make them know say una no come play even if una go lose, when they realise the kind of destruction that may result from a Ukrainian retaliation on Russian soil, they would sit down and ask themselves if it's worth it...

If this war mistakenly does not go as planned by Russian, I see Russia dividing even more..

You are very ignorant of What is happening so chill out. You don't know what is happening Russians are fighting for their security from the NATO and America.

Ukraine can not be a member of NATO.
It is like your kid going to be a member of your enemies club and bring them home so that in the event of war they will easily overturn you. You can't allow that.
Ukraine was created by Russia there was no country called Ukraine. Now they want to jeopardize the interest and security of the father. Putin is ready to use nuclear war heads if the NATO try to intervene.

Trentee4eva:
I guess you are ignorant of Russia’s nuclear arsenals. Putin already stated that in a war with NATO, Russia will deploy it's nuclear weapons promptly. Browse about Russia’s new hypersonic weapons Zircon and Kinzal. Not to mention Sarmat and Icekinder missiles. 1 sarmat each will take care of France and the UK.

A lot of people commenting here are ignorant of Russia military capabilities.
NATO can not go to war because Ukraine that is not a member of NATO.

NATO invaded Iraq and Libya and destroyed these countries and assisted rebels in Syria with everything they could to overturn a legitimate government of Syria. All those countries are Russia allies.

What of Afghanistan they also invaded it and put their cronies there. We have eastern and western bloc. Russia and China are the big eastern bloc countries plus other countries.

The western bloc comprises NATO mainly. The western bloc has upper hand because of the collapse of Soviet union. NATO was formed during the cold war between USA and Soviet union
Some European countries entered alliances with America for protection in case of war, they were afraid of Soviet union headed by Russia.

Ukraine was part Soviet republic that has borders with Russia. Now Ukraine wants to be a member of NATO. That
means America and NATO can now station thier Army and war base at the backyard of Russia. Russia can not allow that no matter what. And is ready to go into full scale war.
Remember that Russia is a very powerful nuclear war head producer and has a number that can erase the whole of NATO countries. China too has a very big number of nuclear war heads has entered alliance with Russia.
NATO can't go to war because of Ukraine that is not a member of NATO.
During the cold war Cuba having borders with America( separated by water ) allowed Soviet Union to plant 72 nuclear war heads at their borders and were pointed towards America. America wanted to invade Cuba that would have led to 3rd world war. Soviet dismantled the war for sake of peace.

Now America and his allies NATO is gradually urging Ukraine to become a member of NATO. Ukraine having borders with Russia, can led to unfortunate events.

Economically Russia has an edge in the area of gas which most NATO countries depend on them for supplies. That is why Germany and France are not supporting the sanctions drumming by America and Uk.

Ukraine should forget NATO membership for now for sake of peace. If not they will lose their sovereignty.
I want to educate some people that don't know what is happening but will want to comment ignorantly.
Before you begin to condemn Russia understand what is happening. Russia is fighting for their security.

Pogba12:
The north is by far the most populous region, so it is in order.
Majority Carrie's the vote.

But parasite to the nation. Their huge population is causing problems since they have nothing to add.
If they are left alone there will be mass hunger and death.

Just like one lady I met on Facebook we chatted and decided to meet. The first day I bought her food and drink. The second day she initiated our meeting and took me to a big supermarket and started picking all sorts of things without asking me whether I was with enough money to pay for them. I asked her to reduce them because the cash with me wasn't enough. She said I should pay by POS. I was helpless. I paid 140,000 Naira.
After a week I called her to come over that I was feeling lonely and bored she refused to come instead she asked me to come over to her place and that I should buy a wristwatch and snacks for her while coming. I demanded what I should receive in return from her. She didn't reply. I bought her those things. When I got there she didn't want to take me into her apartment instead she took me to her neighbour's room, a lady. I wanted to stay with her privately, I told her, she laughed. To be frank I loved her and she knew it. I asked her why she was afraid of staying with me privately. To be frank I didn't plan for sex.

She left and stayed a while. I got angry but controlled it.
Her neighbour told me a man was in her room.
She was like attending to both of us. She came back and took me to her room I was all over she refused and resisted me.
She asked me to leave if not she would shout. She said I should delete her number in my phone that it was over that she was not interested again in the relationship.

I begged her, she pushed out of her house. I rushed back into her room and started packing some of those things I bought for her she tried to stop me. I gave her a beating of her life. and still backed some of things I bought for her the ones I saw.

Her neighbour came and was begging me to take it easy.
I left. She came with Police to arrest me
that I attempted raping her and also robbed her of her personal effects.

jumper524:
I still don't understand why people enjoy hearing bad news about our security agencies.
These are same ediot that keeps complaining about insecurity as the problem of this country and no single forum of encouragement from them.
Anybody close to the military would know that is next to impossible.
An aircraft gun costs about 25million, so how on earth would the army pay 20million for it to be released.
Fools and enemy of states displaying massive ignorance.
To save 5million? Or the bandits spending billions to smuggle weapons in and are finding it difficult through military airstrike, would because of 20million release an aircraft shooter for 20million that they can get in just one good business deal.
It's normal to hate govt, but it's stupidity to believe every nonsense from the media.

They had to pay the 20M to make sure the bandits don't possess such weapon.
Mind you they overpowered the military and made away with the weapon.
The military was afraid they might use it to shoot down Buhari plane last time he traveled to his home town because he had to fly across the Bush the bandits were occupying.
It is 100 percent true that they paid the 20m. Wall street journal a foreign media reported it.

God will exposed them one by one this is just the beginning.
Let him deny this. Yeye de smell.
No evil man will ever go unpunished

jrjfjfj:
The earlier my fellow Yorubas realize that igbos doesnt love you the better for them .All they are after is to mock you after your downfall.Any Yoruba doing anything with igbo or fulani is going to regret it at the end .Igbo and fulani have been friends since BALEWA/AZIKWE Government in 1959.So forget that trash of igbos telling you they hate fulanis,Igbos and fulanis are allies ,YORUBAS DONT BE FOOLED.

This mumu is just an inexperienced fool.
Instead of him to say his opinion on the matter on ground, he rather wants to ishow his foolishness and hatred against the igloo people. This type of person ithat has shallow mind that can degenerate to mental illness should visit a psychiatrist. He is referring to 1959 politics. When he voted Buhari and was chanting Sai Baba all in a bid to vote Jonathan out. He forgot that whatever a man does comes back to him. When Kanu stated agitation for Biafra he was mocking him.

He did not mention anything about herdsmen killing people. The man is a joke.

Xavfra:
she said "if found guilty"

What of if not found guilty. She said nothing on that one. People should not be quick at judging until they hear from both sides.

APC toughs chasing people away from voting in Lagos
watch the video
https://onet.tv/8530d1f6-27ea-4382-99cb-0f850c6aa9b2

na waoo

Buhari has nothing to offer…should retire says El-Rufai
http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/buhari-has-nothing-to-offer-should-retire-says-el-rufai/

written by Our Reporter August 18, 2013
The attention of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has been drawn to statements from Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida purporting to be responses to the advice he gave both men to retire.

Since Babangida libelled whole generations of Nigerian youth as being unfit for leadership, age has become an issue in the coming elections. While it is true that neither youth nor age supplies wisdom on their own, it makes sense to ask those who have been recurring decimals in our country’s sorry history to leave the stage. That is all El-Rufai asked of these men who seem to think that their failure to do their best for Nigeria when they had the chance qualifies them for a return to office. Our people surely deserve better.

El-Rufai is amazed that General Buhari cannot debate this matter without scurrying to the gutter, making claims that are baseless and unsupported by any facts. Mallam El-Rufai’s tenure as FCT minister was a period of stellar performance in remaking our federal capital. Despite the difficult decisions that had to be taken to restore Abuja, Mallam El-Rufai continues to receive deserved praise and recognition for his achievements in restoring the Abuja master plan, introducing Nigeria’s first computerised land registry and helping thousands of Nigerians achieve their dreams of home ownership in the federal capital. Buhari is perhaps one of a tiny few blinded by their prejudice from recognising the quality of El Rufai’s service.

That same prejudice accounts for the baseless claims of corruption Buhari levels against El Rufai. The fact is that Mallam El-Rufai served Nigeria with integrity and has never been convicted of any corrupt act. He is boldly contesting the false charges which the Yar’Adua government filed against him in court. It is strange that a Buhari who protests when unproven claims of N2.5 billion (about US $3billion in those days!) missing oil funds are levelled against him can gleefully elevate similar claims into facts when it concerns another. How would Buhari feel if the corruption allegations made against him by Group Captain Usman Jibrin, then a board member of PTF, are today reported as if they were proven facts? So much for “corrupt background” and “shoddy performance”.

Mallam El-Rufai wishes to remind General Buhari that he has remained perpetually unelectable because his record as military head of state, and afterwards, is a warning that many Nigerians have wisely heeded. His insensitivity to Nigeria’s diversity and his parochial focus are already well-known. In 1984, Buhari allowed 53 suitcases belonging to his ADC’s father to enter Nigeria unchecked at a time the country was exchanging old currency for new. Against all canons of legal decency, he used retroactive laws to execute three young men for drug-peddling after they were convicted by a military tribunal and not regular courts of law. Buhari was so high handed that he gave himself and his officials immunity even from truthful reporting. That obnoxious Decree 4, against which truth was no defence, was used to jail journalists and attempt to cow the media as a whole. That tyrannical legislation shows the essence of his intolerance. These are facts of recent history.

The story of counter-trade and import licensing, the cornerstone of Buhari’s stone-age economic strategy and those whose interests it served, is a tale for another day.

Mallam El-Rufai respects both Generals Buhari and Babangida as elder statesmen. He believes their age, experience and guidance may contribute to the success of any future government. El-Rufai however believes that it is time for a new generation of leaders with new thinking and wholesome democratic attitude to move our nation forward. The vicious response by the Buhari camp to a simple statement that their almost-70 principal should retire is proof enough that a Buhari, the new Democrat, tolerant of views different from his own, is yet to evolve. And that is sad, for his fledgling party and its leadership. Buhari and his cohorts may wish to reflect that it will take more than attacks on personalities to become electable. Having seen his version of discipline, Nigerians are not likely to cherish an encore. But they will welcome an engagement with the issues and problems of everyday life that have hobbled the peoples of this land.

Muyiwa Adekeye

In 2010, the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai called on General Muhammadu Buhari to quit the 2011 elections.


Speaking with Daily Sun newspaper, El-Rufai called for the enthronement of a younger generation of leaders: “I have great respect for President Babangida. I think he has done a lot for Nigeria. You won’t take that from him. He has made his mistakes like every human being, but people like President Babangida and General Buhari should just disappear. They should give way to a new set of people with new ideas. Young people preferably."

He urged Nigerian leaders to look at developed countries and observe the ages of their presidents: “Obama is 48 and Cameron is 43 for God’s sake. So, why are we recycling leaders that ruled this country very well or very badly 25 years ago?"

“I was 25 years old when Buhari and Babangida were Heads of State and I am now 50 and they still want to be Head of State. I don’t understand that. I don’t understand that at all and I call on the young people of Nigeria to take their future into their hands and ensure that in the next election, they vote for a new generation of leaders.

efilefun:
With crude at $80/bbl and exchange rate at N305/$? (special fx by FG for importers)

A barrel of crude is about 159 liters of crude.

Just dividing the $80 (N24,400) by 159 liters already gives a price of N153.4/liter without any processing.

So, by the time you factor in refining and transportation costs, THERE IS NO WAY the price will come as low as the 85/90 naira price PDP are claiming to reduce the price to.

But the unfortunate blockhead yoots won't see thru the lies but keep screaming Atikulooting.

Why has exchange rate gone so high? When Buhari took over from GEJ it was N170/$ now it has gone to N305/$ in fact I have bought dollar N370. This is monumental failure. What was the price of fuel when he took over it was N85 now it is N145. Another failure. This man is seeking for second tenure.This is insane and ridiculous. As a medical doctor, I'm presicribing Atikumacyn and Obisunate to save Nigeria from sudden death. Nigeria is in emergency room.

Mohammadu Buhari did not sit for West African School Certificate (WASC). What he sat for, according to recent reports, was Cambridge Certificate. Our president is committing fraud by presenting what he does not have. Shame on Femi adesina for coming to defend the indefensible. Femi is working for a man with only school certificate and he seems to be happy.