Dark Energy wrote: ↑Yesterday, 15:56
The answer is no. Ukraine stood up to the Super power that has the most nuclear arsenal in the World. Russia so far is humiliated. Ukraine’s mistake was destroying its own nuclear arsenal when it departed from the Soviet Union in the first place. Nonetheless, what is Putin demanding. He does not want Ukraine to join NATO. He does not want the West breathing on the back of his neck. Ukraine does not lose much by not joining NATO. It is like Canada trying to join the Russian military alliance. The US would not allow it. Actually, Cuba tried to do so. Now, Mr. trump wants peace with Russia. He seems to like Putin. Putin looks like he is always angry. He looks more so a mafioso more than a communist. Putin is not Lenin. He is capo di capi like the man they called Stalin.
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Regardless. Trump seems to understand that at the end, this conflict is futile.
Little correction here!
Before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Soviet missiles were deployed in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and of course, Russia. These regions served merely as launching pads rather than nuclear powers. For instance, the United States deploys its nuclear arsenal in Italy, Germany, Turkey, and the Netherlands, but that doesn’t mean these countries are nuclear nations. The same argument applies to Ukraine.
Regarding the notion that Russia was humiliated, this is far from the truth. The U.S. expected Russia to crumble the way the Soviet Union did in 1991. The harsh sanctions imposed on Russia were meant to crush its financial market and reduce the ruble to rubble, as Biden had hoped. However, the Russian economy is thriving, with unemployment at a historic low of 2.3%. Russia was able to offset its losses from the West by shifting its exports to China and India.
Military wise. Russia was able to expose the uselessness of American weapon system to the world that it is just hyped junk which breaks in icey weather condition. For instance, how many "Game changer" weapon system were delivered to Ukraine? switchblade drones, the Challenger, Bradly, leopard tanks, HIMAR and ATCAM missiles.....
As for Trump, he is an unpredictable figure who acts impulsively, but I like him a hundred times more than the corrupt and rotten Democrats.