War on Ukraine: Optics, Distraction, and a Missed Opportunity

[dlilafae]

No President or leader has a right to overtake a country just because they want it for his or her own benefit. It’s theirs and not his, and the Ukrainians should collectively get to have the government representation of their own choosing. (Take note, Chinese citizens).

On the fourth of July in 2018, eight sitting US Republican Senators went to Russia to hold a secret closed door meeting with the two Sergei’s: Lavrov, and Kislyak. According to U.S. legislation, lawmakers are prohibited from interacting with the Russians sanctioned by the US. To date: there has not been any movement to hold RoJo, Thune, Kennedy, Shelby, Daines, Hoeven, Moran and Grainger to account. [1]

Montana’s Steve Daines claimed after the fact, that one of the objectives of the visit was to relay to the Russians to stop messing with our elections, with Ukraine and with Syria. ~ In 2021, it would seem that your ‘supposed’ ask of Putin was in vain and all for naught, Daines.
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In 2019, trump directed his acting Chief of Staff (Mick Mulvaney), to withhold 400 million in military aid to Ukraine. This scuffle went on for over two months. This was the point in time for which Ukraine was at its most vulnerable. Why not roll in the tanks then? The timing of such, was ideal. Prior to holding up the aid money for munitions, the two could have worked in conjunction, to take out Ukraine. Done/overtaken, Ukraine belongs to Russia! [2]

But that move would have involved trump being embroiled in a war of optics. On the books, trump would have had to choose sides. So why would Putin choose now, when he had to know the US would align with NATO, and that he would incur difficulties in trying to achieve his purported objective? Is this standoff yet another technique of optics and distraction because trump is closed to being charged? [3]

If Putin’s only had one objective which was and is, to overtake Ukraine I pose, he missed his golden opportunity in 2019.
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[1] US Republican Senate/Sleeper Cell - July 4, 2018:

https://gregolear.substack.com/p/sleeper-cell-the-fourth-of-july-traitors?utm_source=url

[2]

https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2019/09/25/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-us-aid-package-to-ukraine-that-trump-delayed/

[3]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/24/politics/donald-trump-putin-russia-iran/index.html

[Scrivener7]

1. I have been wondering at the weird timing of this too. But Vlad has to know tfg is no longer

a dependable asset. I don't believe he would risk this much to distract us from revelations from Tish James and the Jan 6 Committee.

That being said, there is no other evident explanation for this lunacy.

PS: Welcome!

[dlilafae]

2. Another thought to consider...

... there really is no logic to all of it.

Thanks for the welcome, Scrivner7 ☺

[Scrivener7]

3. I think that is possible. He just felt a lot of shrinkage one cold morning and had to

find some way to comfort himself, maybe.