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Originally Posted by AndrewJ
Gday Lewis
Whether directly or indirectly involved, this latest act is a direct result of his desire to foment the separatists in Eastern Ukraine and hence destabilise it so he can get it back to mother Russia.
If he didnt take back the Crimea and then tacitly support the current separatists, this wouldnt have happened.
Andrew
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Alas, its not that simple I think. Remember, Russia peacefully gave up control of the Western "buffer zone" countries. They were there to block any future Western European dicktator, like Adolf and Napoleon for example, from murdering tens of millions of Russians in the future.
Soon as Russians left this area, Nato and the Eurozone just waltzed right in and started knocking on the Russian door. Cant blame the Russians for being a bit touchy about that, given recent history. Remember, the Russians lost more people at the hands of that despicable crout than everyone else put together!
I suspect that what this whole incident represents, at a basic level anyhow, is some dumb, bogan type having a weapon and deciding to fire it at whatever is in range.. you know, "duck season".
After 3 planes had been shot down in the past month, ya also gotta ask the question: Der, is it smart to fly big fat jets over a war zone where planes are getting shot down with SAM's? It was bound to happen.
Just a complete tragedy and I am pretty sure that Putin is royally pissed off about it. Certainly does not assist his ambitions in any way shape or form.
