"Invading Ukraine is self-defense because of NATO expansion" is a terrible argument, full stop. It's deeply unserious, and nobody who says it actually believes it.
What happened to you, hermit? Unless I'm confusing you with another CA avatar, you used to be normal a few months ago, but then like a light switch, something changed.
Do you mean "normal" because I thought like the general view of others on the forum? That became boring. I want to look at both sides to the story. The more I read the more I get a larger picture of why this war is going on. There's an interesting historical background to it, but nobody is talking about that. It's just good-guy/bad-guy mentality I see going on.
The West is just as aggressive as Russia in meddling in the affairs of other countries. We are meddling in the affairs of Ukraine as we speak. And it's not even about Ukraine, it's about creating a strategic border with Russia so we can do whatever it is we think we need to do to "defeat" them.
I don't know what the West hopes to gain by that, but we are meddling in the affairs of Ukraine nonetheless. And it's under the guise that Russia sprung this unjust war on Ukraine for no reason, so for humanitarian reasons we have to retaliate.
So the US and its allies are pumping money and artillery into Ukraine to fight their war with Russia. And the American public's interest is waning. We have needs of our own we need addressing. We don't care about Ukraine's problems anymore. Politicians need to look at the sentiment of the people they supposedly represent and start bringing the war to a close.
We can literally create a Universal Healthcare System, have free college, fix homelessness, AND help Ukraine fight off Russia.
The US Economy is big enough to do both.
