Putin had no choice to try and invade and annex an independent nation, fail, and then got caught in a conflict he can't end without potentially being couped himself.
Ray McGovern seems to be another one of those ex-analysts turned Tankies.
The way you fail to read or watch arguments, and just decide to make up your own asinine summaries so you can argue against yourself is basically non-responsive.
As to all of your replies to me, you don't bother to consider what I write down or point to, you just jump in to contradict with the most absurd ideas.
If you don't want to engage in discussion or learn anything and just seek to show up within minutes of my every post - it's clear you are just some kind of propagandist not at all interested in pursuing the truth or considering discussion.
On the other I try in vain to have a discussion on this intellectually barren ( for the most part ) site and would consider even something you said, if you made any sense at all, and argue against the facts of your thesis.
The only thesis you have is that it is your job to protect and defend the establishment narrative with lies and insults and waste people's time.
You've never bothered to consider anything anyone has mentioned under the notion that if you just keep making fun of it people won't take it seriously. That reaction has worked to the extent that it has slowed the dissemination of the truth and destroyed Ukraine and killed hundreds of thousands of people, and may yet lead to nuclear war.
That is just how twisted you are.
Now I am going to put you on ignore, because your every post for months does this and it is a waste of my time. If you are so gung-ho on the establishment narrative ... put it together and post it, because I can actually pick it apart. Doubt you will because you are allergic to facts and thinking.
I've learnt fast here that whoever posts a YouTube link while making a claim, said claim will always be hollow. If you get your worldview from YouTube clips, I shudder thinking what you make of its comments section.
On Wednesday, Biden had predicted Russia would invade Ukraine, but suggested there was a split among NATO members about how to respond if Moscow took action that stopped short of sending its troops across the border — something Biden referred to as a "minor incursion." He said:
"I think what you're going to see is that Russia will be held accountable if it invades. And it depends on what it does. It's one thing if it's a minor incursion and then we end up having a fight about what to do and not do."
They also clarified:
Shortly after Biden wrapped up his press conference, his press secretary Jen Psaki issued a statement trying to explain what he meant:
"If any Russian military forces move across the Ukrainian border, that's a renewed invasion, and it will be met with a swift, severe, and united response from the United States and our allies."
She said that "aggression short of military action" like cyberattacks and paramilitary hits "will be met with a decisive, reciprocal, and united response."