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The ‘Not Well Thought Out’ ‘We Love Ukraine’ Story from the West
As the version of the story that is told by the West goes, Ukraine got shafted in course of the conversations that entailed in context of workouts of Perestroika, that is, the dissolution of the USSR. In context of those negotiations, Ukraine gave up it’s missiles to Russia, and agreed, relative to either of Russia or NATO, to have characterization as a neutral country. Now, the West feels Ukraine ought to have the right to join NATO and Ukraine feels it ought to have the right to join NATO. But the erstwhile German Chancellor, Angela Merkel is on record with the assertion, to wit, attempts at incorporation of Ukraine into NATO have, necessarily characterization as declarations of war on Russia.
If parties to a gentleman’s agreement feel the need to renegotiate, should they not engage in formal renegotiation, as opposed to bullish informal talk?
So then, the West encourages Ukraine to go toe-to-toe with Russia in a war that, absent any capacity for hitting at Russia in Russia, Ukraine supposedly is able to win. Further, to discourage Russia from a protracted engagement with the war, the West has chosen to wean itself off Russian oil and gas.
