Well, perhaps 1 1/2 brain cells, let's not go overboard!
Seriously though, it was a bit of a surprise to me when Putin kicked off the Special Military Operation (SMO) and the first thing I did was to spend some time and effort digging into the reasons for it.
The whole show has been an eye-opener for me.
I served in the British Army '72-'95 and always thought that NATO was a defensive structure and that Russia (post Soviet Union) was evil. I now realise that following the break up of the Warsaw Pact (when the USA lied when they promised that NATO would not expand eastwards) NATO are ultra aggressive and want to keep expanding their (ie, US) influence - eg, the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan and now, the final straw for Putin, Ukraine.
So there we have the main reason for the SMO. Plus of course Ukraine's relentless attacks on ethnic Russians in the Donbass (14,000 civilians dead) following the USA led coup in 2014.
What astounds me more than anything are the wall-to-wall lies being sold to the sheep by the MSM at the behest of their masters.
Well, perhaps 1 1/2 brain cells, let's not go overboard!
Seriously though, it was a bit of a surprise to me when Putin kicked off the Special Military Operation (SMO) and the first thing I did was to spend some time and effort digging into the reasons for it.
The whole show has been an eye-opener for me.
I served in the British Army '72-'95 and always thought that NATO was a defensive structure and that Russia (post Soviet Union) was evil. I now realise that following the break up of the Warsaw Pact (when the USA lied when they promised that NATO would not expand eastwards) NATO are ultra aggressive and want to keep expanding their (ie, the US influence) - eg, the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan and now, the final straw for Putin, Ukraine.
So there we have the main reason for the SMO. Plus of course Ukraine's relentless attacks on ethnic Russians in the Donbass (14,000 civilians dead) following the USA led coup in 2014.
What astounds me more than anything are the wall-to-wall lies being sold to the sheep by the MSM at the behest of their masters.