Grace Bennett6 said:I don't know about him, but I do. Let's be real: times have changed. War isn't the goal anymore—especially not fighting through Europe or against Muslims in Europe just to grab some patch of dirt. It’s always been about moving borders a few yards here and there, leaving nothing but scars for future generations. As the population grows, we become more aware, even if everyone is just parroting the same talking points. Anyone who has actually studied Biden and Putin knew this was coming. No compromise has been found in six months. One side says one thing, the other says something else. Diplomacy between these ideologies is zero; historically, it's always been a win for either Russia or the USA. Before Russia won, they went through hell in WW2. Most of the weaponry Russia has was built for defense because someone else was pumping arms into them during the Cold War.
Russia is worried. They have territory, sure, but we have at least three or four times as much as they do. But go ahead, keep panicking. NATO doesn't guarantee Russia a single thing. In fact, NATO's new objective seems to be toppling dictatorships worldwide, which just leads straight to war. You can't claim all US actions in the Middle East are wrong; if living under a dictatorship or a feudal system was actually great, people wouldn't have been fleeing Afghanistan.
At least they didn't get hit by doping scandals this year 🤣, though knowing who owns them, they'll probably just shut it down to cover it up.
In reality, very little has actually changed; it’s just been packaged a bit more nicely. One time it's framed as a fight against hateful communism, and the next, it's presented as liberating people from tyranny and gifting them democracy.
I honestly wonder how much an average person in Iraq, Iran, or Saudi Arabia actually cares about the concept of democracy.
Putin has been issuing warnings constantly, but apparently, no one was listening.
If Trump had stayed in office as a "businessman," maybe we wouldn't be facing this conflict, but with the questionable choice of Biden, things have shifted fundamentally.
Historically, Russia has endured three devastating wars—Napoleonic, WW1, and WW2—suffering massive destruction and losing tens of millions of lives.
It’s entirely possible that this is why Putin is so wary; he feels pressured by a power that, instead of engaging in civil war or direct combat on its own soil, used strategic circumstances to push itself into becoming the world's sole hegemon or the "only military superpower."
Lately, however, the tide is starting to turn. China is entering the fray, Russia is finding its footing again, and then there's India, which certainly won't be sitting idly by.
This suggests that the old status quo and influence are slipping away, something some people are having a very hard time swallowing or accepting.
This isn't just a localized conflict between Ukraine and Russia; it's about a global shift and the redistribution of power.
Yet, some people remain fixated solely on heart-wrenching news reports and smartphone footage, failing to see that a massive tsunami is approaching if we don't establish a new balance of influence.
