I would normally second this, but the Trump admin did order a suspension of offensive cyber operations against Russia in March. So not sure you can truly rule out malice in this case.
uhhh... why are we commiting offensive cyber operations against a nuclear power? Somewhere in your line you seems to think that it's justified? And that biden was doing the right thing by provoking a major power?
Some people just want the world to burn, and when someone puts out the fire, they think that's unamerican?
Maybe because they are doing it too ?
You don't think trump is actively involved in negotations with russia to stop all this madness?
Don't you think that one of the first signs of good faith in negotations would be to stop attacking eachother?
(Though to be fair, every president since Truman has escalated things with Russia/USSR, except maybe Clinton. Reagan just did more than most.)
> You don't think trump is actively involved in negotations[sic] with russia to stop all this madness?
No, I think Trump is doing whatever Putin wants him to do.
And you forgot... besides Trump. because trumps not a warmonger, people like to act like he's on the side of the russians. People have lost their minds.
In the last 3 months, Trump has threatened to invade:
- Greenland - Canada - Mexico - Panama - Cuba
> people like to act like he's on the side of the russians
Trump has said that Ukraine is the one that started the war, and the "deal" he negotiated to end the war excluded Ukraine from the discussion and would give Russia everything it asked for.
> People have lost their minds.
You're right on that point, but its probably not the people you're thinking of.
Also I don't know why we keep referring to Russia as a major power, their GDP is about the size of Italy's, their economy is on the rocks, their military stockpile is depleted from a failed invasion of their much, much smaller neighbor.
Russia didn't punch us in the face, they punched some dude that we barley knew in highschool half way across the world.
Scroll to "Overall control of Ukraine": https://www.warmapper.org/stats
While looking at the chart, keep in mind that Russia currently loses around 30-45k people a month as dead and wounded and they have nothing to show for it. The last major territorial gains were during the first month of the war in March 2022. It's a total military disaster with no end in sight.
And the person you replied to is absolutely right: Russia is not fighting for the potato fields of Ukraine, but to dismantle the entire international security system that the US built after the WWII to secure commerce and influence on the world. Ukraine is one of the stepping stones. Here's the full blueprint: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics#Con...