I hope you realize that this war is between 2 non US countries.
I guess biden could have maybe prevented this war from happening by calling up putin and asking him what he would like the US to do for him. Maybe. I mean no one knows. Its literally impossible to know if Russia would be invading ukraine if trump were president. The fact that you are a huge fanboy who thinks your orange god has magical powers is pretty pathetic.
Maybe. I don't blame Biden alone (or much at all really under his tenure as president, but the U.S. and NATO pushed Russia to do this. This was decades in the making.
Does anyone recally everything going on in Ukraine in the past? It seems like the media is ignoring it.
Putin warned Bush in 2004 that if Ukraine joined NATO, there would be no Ukraine.
The U.S (through public and private funds) has poured millions to influence Ukraine to become a western democracy.
There is confirmed leaked data that the US influenced the coup/ouster of Ukraine's pro-Russian president in 2014 (may have happened anyway, but we influenced it), tried to influence who would be the replacement, and celebrated the successful coup (yes, there was evidently Russian influence too, but basically the former Pres backed out of a deal with the EU in exhange for a $15b agreement w Russia). Obama said they would continue to push for their entrance to NATO or the EU, despite Putin's continued warning that U.S./NATO influences on Russia's border would be a sign as a threat that would be responded to with force. Obama responded by saying we are no longer in a cold war, and there is no reason to act as such, and the U.S. will continue to push for western democracy in Ukraine. An idealistic approach, but somewhat naive if you think Russia and Putin will just stand by and let it happen.
Before this current war started, Putin again stated there would be no escalation if Ukraine agreed not to join NATO. Russia does not want Nato weapons on its border.
If Trump were still president, this likely would have still happened, as Putin has been around long enough to know U.S. interests can change every 4 years, so despite Trump's feelings on NATO, we'd still be here, and Trump would have likely escalated things to an even more dangerous level, as he lacks any tact or skills in diplomacy.
If we flip the script, and Putin spent years to influence Mexico and it's elections to be pro-communist and pro-Russia, and perhaps wanted to station pro-Russian weapons on Mexican soil, how would we respond? Most likely the way we did during the Cuban missle crisis. Threaten war unless there was an agreement to disarm.
Ukraine covers a lot of Russian border, and would leave them exposed if Ukraine joined NATO. Russians have even told Ukrainians their war is not with Ukraine, it is with the U.S. and NATO. I wish Putin was more diplomatic, but it is easy to see why he decided to attack.
I dislike Putin and hope for his quick demise, but western goverments definitely shoulder some blame.
We (along w Russia) also agreed as part of the Bangladesh Accords to protect Ukraine in exchange for nuclear disarmament. Russia essentially has said that western influence has changed Ukraine so much that it is not the same country therefore the agreement is void. Are we holding up our end of the promise?
It reminds me of the common western movie theme when a good guy comes to town and takes out a couple bad guys, but when the whole gang comes and punishes the town for retribution, the heros are gone, or retreat/are defeated. Often in the movies the hero comes back and saves the day.
