The government in Kiev denies that it has attacked positions in the Donbas region, a Russian-majority territory, while the separatists launched an evacuation plan in the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine.
that’s pretty much it. And if Putin does use military force to pressure Ukraine to honor the terms of Minsk II or improve the situation for the Ukrainians who have fled the Donbass for Russia, than the US Media will say that Biden was right, and also Putin’s the next Hitler. Of course, if Putin does nothing, Biden will say that he got one over on Putin, which he kind of has but in a way few Americans will appreciate.
I mean, fighting has been going on in Donetsk and Luhansk for years, now. I imagine it’s likely that both sides have been getting aid, training, or intel from outside of Ukraine for a while now. You could say that there’s been a proxy war for just as long. I think Biden might just be playing with the possibility of escalating it.
Of course, if Putin does nothing, Biden will say that he got one over on Putin, which he kind of has but in a way few Americans will appreciate.
I think you overestimate Americans
What I mean is that to appreciate the situation, if it truly exists and I’m not giving Biden too much credit, you’d also have to step away from the idea that Putin is a megalomaniac dictator who lusts for Europe, which most Democrats are seemingly incapable of. Republicans won’t accredit Biden with any W’s, and “undecided voters” won’t remember this in 6 months unless it actually leads to war.
