Comment on Trump says Ukraine started the war that's killing its citizens. What are the facts?
NastyNative@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Both Ukraine and the United States had opportunities to avoid this trajectory. Ukraine’s failure to join NATO was largely due to systemic corruption, while the U.S. has sent billions of dollars with little oversight or accountability. If one fails to recognize the prioritization of financial gain over human life in this context, they are overlooking a key aspect of the situation.
GorGor@startrek.website 1 week ago
Per NATO rules, Ukraine was not eligible to join due to the 2014 invasion by Russia as that was considered a border dispute. Prior to that they weren’t really trying due to Russian influence/ corruption of Yanakovich etc.
As far as avoiding the conflict, Obama absolutely should have taken a harder stance on Crimea and Donbas. Before that Bush should have taken a harder stance against the Russian invasion of Georgia. They were essentially taking an appeasement approach and trying not to get pulled into war with Russia.