An interesting quotation from the article looks like Merkel was misquoted. Perhaps Putin wasn’t the trusting fool he was made out to be.
"One final thing I’ll say. In recent months — I think it’s [been] a couple of months since Merkel’s interview took place — everybody is telling us that Merkel said, “We only engaged in the Minsk Accords in order to buy time for Ukrainians.” I have read the German version of that interview. Merkel does not say that. What Merkel says is, “Yes, in retrospect, signing those Accords gave Ukraine time.” [That] is a very different statement from saying, “We intended to fool Russia all along.”
Yes, and a few minutes later[22:00 clicks in};
“Another purpose of The Ukraine war was to completely disarm Europe.
It’s a huge market now for USSA weapons”.
The USSA is making Europe its vassal state.
“The war is solidifying the USSA’s hold on Europe”.
Also the video virtually peels away the media’s “distracting patter talk”.
The war is all about the USSA holding on to its allies.
It’s mission is a holding pattern. Keeping allies in the USSA’s orbit of power.