NATO expansion. There are other causal variables, but this one has the largest explanatory power and this has been warned about for decades.

Russia, or dare I say Putin, is not a good guy here, but Ukraine in NATO would be the same as when the US placed nukes in Turkey. The Russians responded by putting nukes in Cuba. The result was the Cuban missile crisis.

What I've never seen before, is a good explanation for the elite western leaders' hatred of Russia, and why the huge shift. In the 1980s, liberals looked to the Soviet Union as a model.

NATO expansion. There are other causal variables, but this one has the largest explanatory power and this has been warned about for decades.

Russia, or day I say Putin, is not a good guy here, but Ukraine in NATO would be the same as when the US placed nukes in Turkey. The Russians responded by putting nukes in Cuba. The result was the Cuban missile crisis.

What I've never seen before, is a good explanation for the elite western leaders' hatred of Russia, and why the huge shift. In the 1980s, liberals looked to the Soviet Union as a model.