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Explaining the Invasion: NATO, Regime Change, and Russia's Reaction
from #289 - Live From Ukraine | The Tim Dillon Show · #289
3 min
He gives a quick primer on the Ukraine invasion, NATO expansion, and how U.S. policy may have provoked Russia, while insisting that none of this makes Putin's actions 'cool' or justified.
- Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, and NATO expansion into the region put Russia in a box.
- The discussion of potentially admitting Ukraine to NATO was not a good geopolitical move.
- Russia reacted by taking back territory they feel is rightfully theirs.
- Tim clarifies the takeaway shouldn't be that Putin is cool—invading a country is a criminal act.
- Bombing and murdering civilians isn't right when Russia does it, and it wasn't right when America did it in Iraq or Afghanistan.
- People in this country have gotten to the point where they're happy this is happening, blaming it on the military being too focused on political correctness.
- Tim observes Americans are celebrating the invasion because they think the military is distracted by trans issues.