MessiahDecoy123
Psychological Anarchist
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Outside of Crimea, the US backed government was the best path to self-determination for the Ukraine. Few people would prefer to be under Putin's dictatorship.Misleading and lacking in context.
The US-backed coup ("Maidan") that removed the democratically elected government of Ukraine began several months prior to Russia securing Crimea, a peninsula that is ethnically and linguistically Russian and voted to be part of Russia.
I appreciate that you read and consider my posts.
And yes, Putin did make offers for peace in 2014 (Minsk was ignored by the US), in late 2021 and early 2022. Even Foreign Policy, a US establishment publication, acknowledge this, though they were two years late:
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The Talks That Could Have Ended the War in Ukraine
A hidden history of diplomacy that came up short—but holds lessons for future negotiations.www.foreignaffairs.com
That said, it is possible that Putin realized that the West was committed to war, and that they would force Ukraine to walk away from a peace deal.
And America was not the aggressor. Putin was the one who invaded and plenty of Ukrainians did not want to surrender.