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Rob Revisits “The Hard Questions on Ukraine”

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Two years and one day ago today, I wrote about some of the hard questions on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

I’m sad to say that 2 years later, the fighting continues. Ukraine has not fallen; but Russia is still trying to take the country. Two years ago, people were scared that this invasion would lead to the start of World war III.

The hard questions on Ukraine

If there is any good new to come out of this, I supposed its good that Putin’s position – any aid send to Ukraine would be considered an act of war – has softened.

The trouble is, we have a man running for President on an isolationist platform. People in Congress today want to stop sending aid to Ukraine. However, the stakes in Ukraine have not changed. Should Ukraine falls, Putin, will NOT top there. 2 years later, and somehow the hard questions on Ukraine have only become harder. I only hope that in another 2 years, this war will be only a bad memory for the people of a fee and independent Ukraine.

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17 responses to “Rob Revisits “The Hard Questions on Ukraine””

  1. MyGenXerLife Avatar
    MyGenXerLife

    This is a battle between good and evil. I hate to think what would happen if Ukraine falls.

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    1. rebuilding rob Avatar
      rebuilding rob

      I’m right there with you.

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  2. Silk Cords Avatar
    Silk Cords

    I agree with you both. I remember back in high school (in the 80s mind you), I had a teacher smart enough to point out that Ukraine would always be important to the Soviet Union because it gave Russia a warm water port. Believe it or not, they don’t have one anywhere in Russia proper.

    If that was all Putin wanted, he easily could have negotiated a use treaty, OR stopped at the earlier invasion. He’s got delusions of being the great conqueror though. He and the North Korean crackpot ought to be locked up in the same rubber room.

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    1. rebuilding rob Avatar
      rebuilding rob

      You nailed it! Being landlocked has been Russia’s problem since, forever.

      You mentioned the 80s and I was reminded of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Maybe we need another Charlie Wilson type operation. 🤔

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      1. Silk Cords Avatar
        Silk Cords

        Russia has plenty of coastline, just all of it requires a fleet of icebreakers to keep a single port open. :D

        Well, I will say that we should be doing more to supply Ukraine and sanctioning the hell out of Russia far beyond current levels. Don’t know how much cooperation we’d get though. The globalist convinced Europe it would be a GREAT idea to buy all their natural gas from Russia instead of being self-reliant.

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      2. Chris Avatar
        Chris

        Unfortunately the sanctions don’t work the way they should. Russia is still making billions selling oil around the world, not Europe though. You’re right, about us Europeans buying natural gas from Russia.

        Germany was the biggest buyer, almost 50 percent market share. The Germans paid a bitter price and had a rude awakening, but changed their energy politics overnight, though almost too late. Turns out it was a bad idea to shut down all the nuclear plants in Germany, courtesy of the Green party.

        Since 2022, every country in Europe has turned their energy politics upside down, made new natural gas contracts with other friendlier countries or pushed green energy to the brim. This turnaround in energy policy is no small feat, in just two years time.

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      3. Silk Cords Avatar
        Silk Cords

        Color me naively optimistic, but I’d like to think the sanctions would work IF they were severe enough AND there weren’t so many people trying to profit from helping Russia get around them. And yes, I agree that the work the EU has done to try to restructure it’s energy policies has been amazing. 🙂

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      4. rebuilding rob Avatar
        rebuilding rob

        Yes, I agree that the sanctions would have to be very severe in order for them to be effective. Unfortunately, it’s everyday citizens who end up bearing the burden of that.

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      5. Chris Avatar
        Chris

        Right, sanctions should work, but strangely enough, they don’t achieve the goal to bring the russian war machine to its knees.

        I think your assumptions are spot on.

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  3. Sophia Avatar
    Sophia

    Please subscribe to my blog!

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    1. Silk Cords Avatar
      Silk Cords

      Please add something to the conversation. Blogs are not Twitter. People here exchange honest dialog.

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      1. rebuilding rob Avatar
        rebuilding rob

        I think that the subscribe request was aimed at me. I did so a few hours ago. Sophia and I have already messaged about it elsewhere.

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      2. Sophia Avatar
        Sophia

        I added a question to the chat just now. Also can you please subscribe to my blog?

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        Sophia

        Please subscribe to my baseball blog!

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  4. Sophia Avatar
    Sophia

    Do you all think Ukraine is going to win the war?

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  5. Chris Avatar
    Chris

    One thing we mustn’t forget, the war between Ukraine and Russia started back in 2014, ousting Pro Russian president Viktor Yanukovich, the Donbas conflict.

    Then the annexation of Crimea, where the world more or less did nothing about it, other than condemn. So, Putin thought he had carte blanche to push through, further, dreaming of rebuilding the Old Russian Empire.

    If we let Putin win the war in Ukraine, we’re doomed in Europe. Next could be Moldavia or Poland. NATO is stronger than ever, thanks to Putin, ironically.

    The support for Ukraine must never stop, because Putin is in for the long game. He’ll stop at nothing, like we saw with what happened with Nawalny.

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  6. gederedita Avatar
    gederedita

    This war had a huge impact on the development of the world economy. hopefully it ends quickly

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