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The only reason Putin has this goal is because Ukraine won't stop fighting. If Ukraine stopped fighting, Russia would stop, too.
Then the people of Ukraine - the millions who fled - would come back and vote to be part of Russia.
The rest of Europe doesn't really care what happens to Ukraine. Mostly they want to split Russia up and steal her resources. But if there is peace, and the rest of the Ukrainians come back, they will never be able to do this, because Ukraine will vote to join Russia.
So, all that Putin is doing to Ukraine is the same kind of thing the US does all over the world. He is liberating Ukraine... one village at a time.
Today, the situation in Russia is terrible, the common people suffer from a lack of everything, and if Trump proposes to vote for joining the United States, the majority will agree.
I think we'd all rather believe Tucker Carlson about the situation in Russia.
What Tucker Carlson Saw in Moscow
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/tucker-carlson-trip-russophilia-putin-interview/677488/He never quite says what precisely he thinks Russia gets right.
By Graeme Wood
Tucker Carlson went to Moscow last week and had an absolute blast. He rode the subway and marveled at its clean cars, the fancy tilework in Kievskaya Station, and the lack of booze-drenched hobos. He went to a grocery store and was astonished by what ordinary people could apparently buy. He even managed to meet a local history buff and sit down for tea and conversation. Carlson, who had never previously visited Moscow, declared himself “radicalized” against America’s leaders by the experience. He didn’t want to live in Moscow, but he did want to know why we in America have to put up with street crime and crappy food when the supposedly bankrupt Russia provided such a nice life for its people, or at least those people not named Alexei Navalny.
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There is no doubt that Carlson has sold out to Putin. It is enough to see his face to understand the deceitfulness of this person.
