TheGreatEscape said:
The War of 1812 was caused by the cessation of trade between the United States and namely France and Great Britain. France and England were at war during the Napoleonic Wars.
We invaded British Canada for timber and American ego.
This caused the British to retaliate.
They also saw the US expansionism as a threat to their establishment. Was the US going to literally take over Mexico and all of South America, including British islands in the Western Hemisphere? No.
And the same basic thing is happening with Eastern Orthodox Russia being blocked by Western powers over a pipeline and farmland. This isn't communist Russia.
They don't want to expand into Europe. This is hogwash thinking. Russians enjoy drinking vodka and being Russian.
I believe this has always been the case.
Now China? China is a different story. They are untethered from Christian influence in their government and I fear them in valid economic reasons as well.
Excellent post. Strengthening their alliance/block economically and militarily, as well as politically against the US and Europe is absolute insanity.
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Ukraine's armed forces have lost up to 350 personnel in the Donetsk area over 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
According to its statement, the Ukrainian losses amounted to 350 troops killed and wounded, two armored vehicles and six pick-up trucks. Counterbattery work has wiped out a M777 artillery system and a US-made Paladin self-propelled howitzer.
This is why we needed to stop funding/sending weapons to Zelensky nearly 2 years ago, instead of deliberately provoking Putin. But with China running the White House…