Richard Miller in the blog today has extensively quoted from an essay by Putin’s so-called philosopher, Alexandr Dugin on the core reason for Putin’s invasion, which is historico-philosophical, involved in recreating the empire of Russia. As covered in an essay at The Gatestone Instiute.org, this is one reason for the invasion, but there are others, perhaps not decisive but no doubt were part of the Russian calculus of events. Other factors include, creating a buffer zone to NATO; the threat posed by the very existence of the Ukraine (Putin believing that the Ukraine has no right to exist); and energy, water and resource issues. These are more than enough reasons to invade the Ukraine.
