The U.S. tactical plan is to replace President Putin with a U.S. puppet like "they" did in the Ukraine with Zelinsky. THE OBJECTIVE is to have the Russian people rise up against President Putin. It was CLEAR to President Putin what was going on when Crimea "voted" to join Russia. He had EIGHT (8) YEARS to prepare for this: THE NEUTERING OF THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY. He wants the Ukraine to be A NEUTRAL COUNTRY that is NO THREAT to Russia: it's A MATTER OF RUSSIAN NATIONAL SECURITY. (That's FAIR.) The USA strategy has been to get every European country to join NATO in order to BULLY + INTIMIDATE Russia + say + do every thing to MAKE PUTIN LOOK AS WEAK/SMALL AS POSSIBLE in the eyes of the Russian People in order to be able to him with A U.S. PUPPET like Zelinsky (A FIRST DEGREE CLOWN whose EGO has been massaged by Washington like that of the German Chancellor who recently visited Washington). Zelinsky was "INTENTIONALLY" PROVOKING RUSSIA by accepting ALL SORTS OF MILITARY HARDWARE. THE U.S. STRATEGY has been to get every European country to JOIN NATO in order to GANG UP on Russia. By having the Ukraine join NATO, the strategy then becomes to take back the Crimea in order to HUMILIATE President Putin in order to get the Russians to turn on President Putin. The U.S. + NATO approach to the Ukrainians is this: here's a gun, go and become A DEAD HERO. If they cared about Ukrainians they would urge them NOT TO FIGHT and let Russia take out the military targets that Russia had eight (8) years to mark. By the way, there has been VERY FEW CIVILIAN CAUSUALTIES to speak of. This is A DEFENSIVE MILITARY INCURSION order to PROTECT RUSSIAN NATIONAL SECURITY. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE USA is to BREAKUP RUSSIA JUST LIKE WHAT THEY HOPE TO DO WITH CHINA so that the USA IS THE DOMINANT COUNTRY to which every other country is forced to kowtow to. When the USA ILLIGALLY INVADED SYRIA which country condemned this ACT OF WAR? NO ONE. Who defended Syria? President Putin "very effectively" defended Syria from U.S. AGRESSION. The Americans after decades of UNPROVOKE, UNJUSTIFIED, UNNECESSARY WARS burdened as a result with an insurmountable national $30+ trillion debt, with Biden looking like A EUNUCH and bridges falling down, THE FUTURE OF THE USA IS SO BLEAK. THE'RE GOING TO BE SO POOR after the 10,000,000 millionaires leave with their money, that Congressmen/women will be forced to panhandle. (Ha! Ha!) The USA has been on THE PATH OF SELF-DESTRUCTOIN for decades: they know the way to hell. :D Ken, Toronto, CANADA