From the Orange Revolution in the early 2000s to the Maidan revolution in 2014, the US and its NATO partners have been interfering in Ukraine’s internal affairs in attempt to manipulate the country into a hostile position toward its much larger and more powerful neighbor, Russia. We have to accept that when the other side is winning, has the initiative, and long term structural advantages that would allow them to continue to win, we can’t be making ridiculous demands. Take away this threat of NATO expansion and give them some of the ethnic Russian areas (also a blood toll from the Russian perspective), and Putin continuing the conflict makes him into a pariah internationally and to many in his own country.
Author: Ron Paul institute
Published at: 2025-11-30 23:23:57
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