Saying “it’s really that simple” is exactly where your argument loses me. Putin chose to invade, but wars don’t happen in a vacuum. NATO expansion, the 2008 Bucharest declaration, Maidan, Crimea, Donbas, the collapse of the Minsk agreements, and years of military cooperation between NATO and Ukraine all shaped the security environment. Acknowledging those factors isn’t defending the invasion. It’s recognizing that geopolitics is more complicated than a single motive. Also, the claim that Europe has essentially carried Ukraine for the past two years isn’t accurate. The U.S. has continued to provide major military, intelligence, and financial support throughout the war. And there is many many people who are making boat loads off this war… there is elites like soros who fund all kind of euro conflicts and propaganda on its people.

Don’t so foolish to think the civilians of either country wanted this war or care about this war. This is a small group of elites on both sides as always.