Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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ironmanDX said:

Yup, the world is too interconnected with one another these days to consider a war.

If Russia wanted Ukraine back in the fold, they've gone the wrong way about it. They have an interconnected heritage. I believe Russia even started in Ukraine. There can be no dispute that their people are by and large... Of the same heritage.

Why not take that route and try to get them back through diplomacy, trade agreements... whatever it took for a peaceful reunification. Putin seems almost desperate with this move due to the small chance they will shift further away and into the "west". All this has done is push them towards that goal at a much faster rate.

I recommend everyone to watch this lecture from 2018. It helps to understand why Russia thinks and does things differently to western world. It's in finnish but you can turn on english captions. 

It also explains why it's highly unlikely Russia will ever be a democracy. And why world being interconnected doesn't prevent Russia from starting a war.