melaninTonic
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The US has a lot to answer for, but you are clearly not even within sight of objectivity.So Putin can't move troops on his own turf, but the USA can have troops spread across their empire ringing Russia even ? Sounds legit. Pfft.
So the Federal Reserve can use the shell company they own (the United States / military) to make sure oil is traded in "U.S. dollars" (federal reserve notes) but Putin can't decide what he'll do and for how much with Russian gas ?
The United States would have done much better if it focused on independence, actual free trade alliances and stopped trying to police the world.
The chickens may come home to roost.
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Putin has been in Ukraine territory for years now. His demands to prevent a full Russian invasion are completely irrational, and are so by design.
Like so many other despots, he cannot abide self determination and democracy. Ukraine, Sweden etc... are sovereign nations who can decide to align themselves with other democracies: they would not feel the need to if Russia were not autocratic and expansionist.
If Putin decides to allow fair elections in his country, and stops imprisoning and assassinating his political rivals and dissidents, Ukraine will no longer have an incentive to choose between alliances and will probably do very well for itself remaining neutral: precisely what Putin claims to want. Now wouldn't that be a better outcome for everyone involved (except Putin himself)?