This is definitely one of the best and most in-depth articles I’ve read during my time on Substack! You did a phenomenal job covering this timely and complex topic, Dr. Martin! I learned so much about the war I never knew before. The war in Ukraine was the fault of both Russia and the West. Both sides did things that pushed the situation…
This is definitely one of the best and most in-depth articles I’ve read during my time on Substack! You did a phenomenal job covering this timely and complex topic, Dr. Martin! I learned so much about the war I never knew before. The war in Ukraine was the fault of both Russia and the West. Both sides did things that pushed the situation to where war broke out. Russia under its psychotic dictator Vladimir Putin has been going around invading other countries again and again and again in order to fulfill his dreams on building a new Russian Empire with him as Tsar. Russia invaded Chechnya, Georgia and Crimea and illegally annexed Crimea which the United States and the West didn’t take any substantive steps to respond to. Putin broke international law time and again and the West never made any real attempt to check his aggression. But the West also must share the blame that this war broke out. The first Bush administration and the then-German government both promised Russia that NATO wouldn’t expand eastward. A desire I can understand from Russia given the brutal invasion of their country by Nazi Germany and the horrific atrocities they committed during WWII. So many prominent statesmen also advised against NATO expansion including George Kennan, Henry Kissinger and Mikhail Gorbachev. But those promises were broken and NATO did expand eastward right up to Russia’s doorstep. Then in 2013, the Maidan Uprising broke out as mass protests and demonstrations broke out against the administration of Ukraine’s corrupt Pro-Russian dictator Viktor Yanukovych. The CIA assisted the anti-government forces in toppling him from power. They were assisted this endeavor by Neo-Nazis who they made an alliance with for their mutual goal of getting rid of Yanukovych. They would later go on to arm these Neo-Nazi groups, who while not possessing any power and never getting more than five percent of the vote, are nonetheless a loud, violent and dangerous minority. On a side note, it’s not just the U.S. and the West who worked with Nazis as Russia itself is a country where prejudicial beliefs about a number of different groups are widespread and Russian ethic superiority is trumpeted not to mention the Wagner Group many of whom’s members are far-rights extremists and Neo-Nazis. In any case, the CIA’s direct involvement in helping the Maidan Uprising only sacred Russia even more as did the building of biolabs in Ukraine and the flooding of the country with foreign weaponry. Not to mention the United States and the West helped in undermining the Minsk Accords, the only real shot at preventing this cataclysm there really ever was. You are definitely right that the West pushed Ukraine and China pushed Russia into this war. At this point, it’s a bloody stalemate neither side can win. Its been a strategic disaster for Russia who thought it just be a few months and they’d have Ukraine conquered. Oh no! Not at all! Ukraine fought harder and smarter than anyone could’ve imagined and prevented Russia’s attempted conquest and inflicted massive casualties on them. This war was indeed a strategic disaster for them and has had devastating consequences for them economically as well as in terms of military strength. The war in Ukraine has also irrevocably harmed their demographic future. For Ukraine the losses were also great as hundreds of thousands of their people either were killed or fled the country as refugees. Both countries had and have plummeting birth rates. Their losses in this war will not help their demographic situation any. The U.S. and our European allies have also expended much in treasure to assist Ukraine. We sent Ukraine in total $500 billion most of which was stolen due to Ukraine’s political corruption and the fact there was no oversight over the aid we sent them and half the weapons we sent them were sold to enemy nations and the Mexican drug cartels. Ukraine definitely must never be a member of NATO and become a neutral nation. It would cause World War III if Ukraine did become a NATO member and became aligned with the West. So Ukraine must become like Sweden, Finland or Switzerland. I think the terms the United States has laid out for a Russo-Ukrainian peace accords are excellent and the best way to obtain a peace everyone can live with and will last. That’s the most important thing. Land swaps will be necessary as will getting both sides to make compromises on things they both really want. I agree that the European countries need to take they lead on securing Ukraine’s national security. The U.S. and NATO can’t be involved in any way for Russia to feel safe and like their border with Ukraine is a secure buffer zone. I applaud Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth for all the amazing work they’ve done on this! I throughly enjoyed this article, for!
This is definitely one of the best and most in-depth articles I’ve read during my time on Substack! You did a phenomenal job covering this timely and complex topic, Dr. Martin! I learned so much about the war I never knew before. The war in Ukraine was the fault of both Russia and the West. Both sides did things that pushed the situation to where war broke out. Russia under its psychotic dictator Vladimir Putin has been going around invading other countries again and again and again in order to fulfill his dreams on building a new Russian Empire with him as Tsar. Russia invaded Chechnya, Georgia and Crimea and illegally annexed Crimea which the United States and the West didn’t take any substantive steps to respond to. Putin broke international law time and again and the West never made any real attempt to check his aggression. But the West also must share the blame that this war broke out. The first Bush administration and the then-German government both promised Russia that NATO wouldn’t expand eastward. A desire I can understand from Russia given the brutal invasion of their country by Nazi Germany and the horrific atrocities they committed during WWII. So many prominent statesmen also advised against NATO expansion including George Kennan, Henry Kissinger and Mikhail Gorbachev. But those promises were broken and NATO did expand eastward right up to Russia’s doorstep. Then in 2013, the Maidan Uprising broke out as mass protests and demonstrations broke out against the administration of Ukraine’s corrupt Pro-Russian dictator Viktor Yanukovych. The CIA assisted the anti-government forces in toppling him from power. They were assisted this endeavor by Neo-Nazis who they made an alliance with for their mutual goal of getting rid of Yanukovych. They would later go on to arm these Neo-Nazi groups, who while not possessing any power and never getting more than five percent of the vote, are nonetheless a loud, violent and dangerous minority. On a side note, it’s not just the U.S. and the West who worked with Nazis as Russia itself is a country where prejudicial beliefs about a number of different groups are widespread and Russian ethic superiority is trumpeted not to mention the Wagner Group many of whom’s members are far-rights extremists and Neo-Nazis. In any case, the CIA’s direct involvement in helping the Maidan Uprising only sacred Russia even more as did the building of biolabs in Ukraine and the flooding of the country with foreign weaponry. Not to mention the United States and the West helped in undermining the Minsk Accords, the only real shot at preventing this cataclysm there really ever was. You are definitely right that the West pushed Ukraine and China pushed Russia into this war. At this point, it’s a bloody stalemate neither side can win. Its been a strategic disaster for Russia who thought it just be a few months and they’d have Ukraine conquered. Oh no! Not at all! Ukraine fought harder and smarter than anyone could’ve imagined and prevented Russia’s attempted conquest and inflicted massive casualties on them. This war was indeed a strategic disaster for them and has had devastating consequences for them economically as well as in terms of military strength. The war in Ukraine has also irrevocably harmed their demographic future. For Ukraine the losses were also great as hundreds of thousands of their people either were killed or fled the country as refugees. Both countries had and have plummeting birth rates. Their losses in this war will not help their demographic situation any. The U.S. and our European allies have also expended much in treasure to assist Ukraine. We sent Ukraine in total $500 billion most of which was stolen due to Ukraine’s political corruption and the fact there was no oversight over the aid we sent them and half the weapons we sent them were sold to enemy nations and the Mexican drug cartels. Ukraine definitely must never be a member of NATO and become a neutral nation. It would cause World War III if Ukraine did become a NATO member and became aligned with the West. So Ukraine must become like Sweden, Finland or Switzerland. I think the terms the United States has laid out for a Russo-Ukrainian peace accords are excellent and the best way to obtain a peace everyone can live with and will last. That’s the most important thing. Land swaps will be necessary as will getting both sides to make compromises on things they both really want. I agree that the European countries need to take they lead on securing Ukraine’s national security. The U.S. and NATO can’t be involved in any way for Russia to feel safe and like their border with Ukraine is a secure buffer zone. I applaud Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth for all the amazing work they’ve done on this! I throughly enjoyed this article, for!
Thank you. I very much agree.