Originally Posted by Jeffery J. Haas
"De facto we're starting to wage war against NATO countries. We'll be grinding up NATO's war machine as well as citizens of NATO countries," Solovyov said.
"Not only will Ukraine have to be denazified; the war against Europe and the world is developing a more specific outline, which means we'll have to act differently, and to act much more harshly," Solovyov concluded in the clip shared on Twitter by former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, now co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations.


Russian State TV Talks of 'War Against Europe and the World' After Ukraine
I was just updating the list of probable justifications for Russia's systematic and brutal destruction of Ukraine - here's what I've got (in no particular order):

1) de-Nazification
2) push-back against constant bullying by NATO (particularly the U.S.)
3) empire re-building
4) protecting recently annexed territory (Crimea) from Ukraine (from whom it was annexed - need a list of justifications for that, too)
5) U.N. Article 51 (also used by the U.S. to justify invading Afghanistan and Iraq)
6) it would be a cake walk
7) need a "land bridge" to Crimea
8) Biden is a wuss
9) corn
10) enhance the price of Russian petroleum
11) Putin just wanted to
12) world domination
13) Ukrainians are sub-human
14) NATO rejected Putin's reasonable demands
?)

Did I miss anything?

Looks like a solid case for wanton destruction of a nation and its people is warranted... time to give in and negotiate for peace?

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