Biomand, som du nok ved, er det ikke bare Putin.
"Ukrainian entry into NATO is the brightest of all redlines for the Russian elite (not just Putin). In more than two and a half years of conversations with key Russian players, from knuckle draggers in the dark recesses of the Kremlin to Putin’s sharpest liberal critics I have yet to find anyone who views Ukraine in NATO as anything other than a direct challenge to Russian interests. NATO would be seen as throwing down the strategic gauntlet. Today’s Russia will respond. Russian-Ukrainian relations will go into a deep freeze. It will create fertile soil for Russian meddling in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine."
Daværende ambassadør Bill Burns til Condi Rice i 2008.
Desværre er det stadig holdovers fra Bush-administrationen (såsom Victoria Nuland), der fastlægger amerikansk udenrigspolitik.
"Ukrainian entry into NATO is the brightest of all redlines for the Russian elite (not just Putin). In more than two and a half years of conversations with key Russian players, from knuckle draggers in the dark recesses of the Kremlin to Putin’s sharpest liberal critics I have yet to find anyone who views Ukraine in NATO as anything other than a direct challenge to Russian interests. NATO would be seen as throwing down the strategic gauntlet. Today’s Russia will respond. Russian-Ukrainian relations will go into a deep freeze. It will create fertile soil for Russian meddling in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine."
Daværende ambassadør Bill Burns til Condi Rice i 2008.
Desværre er det stadig holdovers fra Bush-administrationen (såsom Victoria Nuland), der fastlægger amerikansk udenrigspolitik.