Ukraine is still a part of the Russian sphere of influence.
It is independent in the same way Hawaii is independent of America
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The answer to the original question is (imo) the US could not have won a conventional victory over Russia in terms of an invasion. The rest of the world would have declared war on the US if they had done it. The US would never have done such a thing. There is a lot of anti American feeling these days, but America's conduct in WWII was honourable. It is very disrespectul to those Americans who died in a European war they could have easily stood back from to start talking abiut stupid scernarios like this.
Yes, there was tension in the Cold War and a lot of rubbish spoken on both sides, but to compare this economic and political competotion to the Nazi philosphy in unbelieavbaly offensive to me..
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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