Speaking at the 75-year anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, Russian President Vladimir Putin is pushing for increased unity among Russians and a push to boost Russian military combat readiness, citing “aggressive actions close to our borders” by NATO.
Putin talked of the need to pay special attention to NATO’s “aggressive rhetoric,” and to prepare to ensure that Russia retains a defensive capability in the even of any incursions.
Putin’s talk of “NATO aggression,” ironically, is the result of NATO operations which themselves were couched as a response to “Russian aggression,” meaning the two sides are both building up the area in Eastern Europe and both accusing the other of an aggressive plot.
In practice, NATO has no practical way to launch a war against Russia anymore than Russia could against NATO, but in both cases political leaders seem eager to make hay out of the empty posturing, and in doing so both sides ensure it will keep going.
Of course it wasnt Russia that paid for multiple coup attempts in Ukraine even going as far as eliciting the help of hard core neo nazis!
Absolutely.
Anyone remember how WW I got started? There was a web of tangling alliances. A bunch of raggle taggle political dissidents assassinated one man, and the stiff-necks-in-charge couldn’t agree on the make-nice. Millions died, and more millions in the second iteration.
I realize that you also live in the western BS propaganda bubble, and that you have to be careful not to let it effect clear thinking, but lets be perfectly clear about one point.
It is only NATO that is “building up the area in Eastern Europe”. Russia is only “building up” in Russian territory. Actually, ever since the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Ukraine, there have been constant complaints from NATO about the quantity and positioning of Russian forces within Russia.
Surely a nation is free to position its forces within its own borders however it feels best fits its needs for self-defense. Only in NATO BS world would it be considered ‘aggression’ to put one’s forces in one’s own territory while sending troops to the other side of the world to hold aggressive military drills simulating the invasion of other countries is not called what it truly is … “aggression”
So true. Can you even imagine Russia doing the same in Mexico? They would have about as much reason to get involved, if not more. Mexico, like Ukraine, is a corrupt, failed state and there instability could plausibly pose a threat to Russian Allies in South America. THAT would make us even-Steven in the defense build-up department.
But Russia would never do that. Why? For one simple reason. Russia is not an empire. There just a Federal Republic trying to protect there neck against NATO gangsters. They do what they gotta do.