When it comes to Geopolitics judgement is made on outcomes;not...

When it comes to Geopolitics judgement is made on outcomes;
not ideology..History has at least taught us that as has science also .

IMO while it may have been aspirational for the majority of Ukrainians
to join NATO and in particular to join the EC , IMO , its political leaders jumped the
gun by underestimating Russia's resolve to prevent NATO from encroaching the Black Sea
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I know many on these threads laud the Maidan and its objectives, IMO the Ukrainian
political leaders should have been more circumspect given what had happened to Georgia
in August 2008 . This should have been seen as "writing on the wall"

There are very few in the West who admit that mistakes were made in 2013 (ie: based on current outcome)
and that populism can never trump raw power especially when that power is welded
by a Nuke Power next door.

Sooner or later negotiations will have to begin and even Blind Freddy can see that
the Ukraine was in a much stronger position to negotiate in 2013 than it is now
and that for the people of the Ukraine either inside or outside the country is
a mega Political Tragedy........".the egg can't be unscrambled" now!

There is a Greek maxim: "Know thy limits" and unfortunately
for the Ukraine and its leaders since 2014, 'Know thy limits"
was all Greek to them!




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