https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-ukraine-war-is-ultimately-about

This is historically and geopolitically accurate. Haven't read many essays by Americans who get it so well.

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Putin should feel insecure; he is failiing his country and his people.  I'll say America could have done better post cold-war to embrace Russia (like we embraced Europe post WWII), but it's now on him.  Putin is emptying his coffers and emptying his future by killing his youth.