WHY DOES UKRAINE NEED EUROPE? OLIGARCHS.
Ukraine was always a tax-toy of other states.
Ukraine was subject to horrors under the Soviets.
Ukraine has been subject to predation and poverty under post soviet oligarchs.
The Ukrainian government and judiciary is OWNED by the oligarchs – and organized crime (the fantasy of libertarians).
If the Ukrainian Government tries to take over oligarchs, it is too weak, and Ukraine will fall into civil war, so that the Russians have an excuse to conquer them again, and deprive them of their potential for a high trust society, sovereignty, and nationhood.
NATO MEANS DEFEAT OF OLIGARCHS AND NATIONHOOD.
Nato + European integration means defeat of the Oligarchs.
Defeat of the oligarchs allows Rule of law.
Rule of law allows credit and risk.
Credit allows risk via entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship creates prosperity.
Prosperity saves the Ukrainian people from:
1) predation by the jews of old
2) predation by the soviets of the 20th century.
3) predation by the oligarchs of post soviets.
And eliminates all value of a Russian conquest.
PUTIN FAILED. HE COULD HAVE:
0) Called the Nato leaders personally and told them his plan.(not asked permission)
1) Burned Yanukovich on a stake for his crimes against the people.
2) Provided discount gas to ukraine for a 99 year lease on the black sea coastal territories.
3) Secured the Ukrainian banks that were not already under Russian ownership (few of them)
4) Crushed the Ukrainian Oligarchs “at the request of the ukrainian people”
5) Withdrawn back to russian.
6) Restored the territory, population, trade routes, manufacturing base, and military bases necessary for continued russian restoration of orthodox empire.
7) Caused russia to be forgiven of past sins under the soviets.
AND AS A RESULT PUTIN COULD HAVE:
8) been a fucking world hero, and perhaps the greatest leader of the 21st century.
9) Removed all necessity for the preservation of NATO.
10) Saved the world from any nearby chance of another world war.
Yeah. So. It’s still possible.
WHY ISN’T HE DOING IT?
Stupid.
Source date (UTC): 2017-06-11 09:35:00 UTC