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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
And many other people say Putin was waiting for a weakling to be POTUS.
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And he invaded while the U.S. is still a part of NATO. So the idea that he was waiting for us to withdraw is a crock.
And Europe is doing more to bring Putin down now. Putin invading Ukraine has awakened the EU up to the fact that it has to be strong enough to defend against Russia with or without the U.S., or with less dependence on us and more backbone of its own.
Putin may well have waited for a weaker US in tandem with what he saw as a weak disunited Europe. Certainly before Ukraine and other European countries joined NATO.