To find an impossible peace between Ukraine and Russia we must understand the recent history of the war and the European and American roles in it. So, Americans should revisit some fundamental realities and questions from which to remember before going forward:
Why Did Putin Invade Ukraine in 2022?
Putin did start the war. Trump’s trolling aside, he knows that because he correctly pointed out that Putin invaded his neighbors in three of the last four administrations—but not his own, given Trump’s deterrence.
The most obvious answer why Putin did is that he thought he easily could. But why in 2022—as he had in 2008 and 2014?
Putin has nonending opportunistic desires to recombobulate what he thinks properly is and will always be Russian—whether territories to be formally absorbed or as coerced satellite states. But he moves on them only whenever he thinks the benefits outweigh the costs.
And by February 2022, he certainly felt they did.
For those doubting it, here it is: We are at fault in causing the war in Ukraine. We were antagonizing Putin with the Ukraine into NATO OTAN invitations, we let the Nazis in Ukraine start shooting at the civilians in Donbas and Bi-Den and his puppet masters were just as weak as they could be in any confrontations. The only good thing they did, even though it looked like they wanted one, they did not get their nuclear war. Everything other than was done to antagonize Putin from 2012 to 2024. I guess the antagonism has stopped and the call for an end to the needless bloodshed and slaughter has gone out and been heard.