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(6,526 posts)"The Russian goals are obvious... except for the historically illiterate Twitter "experts" and others."
It's a mistake for EU to watch what Putin is doing--REALLY DOING--and then declare that it doesn't mean anything. Whatever happened in WWII, right now Putin via Russia is threatening a country for no good reason other than he wants the territory.
Historically speaking, we have seen other times, other places and other wars, and we KNOW what goes down. And, it's pretty impossible to "focus on internal UKRAINE politics," when we are looking down the barrels of Russian guns pointed at another hapless country. Especially since Putin annexed Crimea without a concern in the world.
If Putin just wants to be an influencer, he should PACK UP AND GO HOME. This is considerably more than an annual war game. We can hardly look away, "nothing happening here, move along." You have got to be kidding.