Imagine if things had gone differently in the Pacific Theater in World War II and we had to have a negotiated peace with Japan. For peace we would have had to give up all the land West of the Continental Divide. Afterwards the Japanese would have overtly moved people into the remaining eighty percent getting citizenship, starting or buying businesses, and moving into houses and apartments, This would embed them into society and start the change of our culture while keeping their own. After some time they would be putting Japanese citizens into Congress and the Senate and possibly the White House.

If this sounds preposterous, it is exactly what President Vladimir Putin is doing in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. Georgia fought Russia without any help and lost two whole states. In the other eighty percent live about one-hundred-thousand Russians of varying economic status. Some came to avoid being drafted to fight in Ukraine while others brought lots of money to buy into businesses. Moldova has the same situation except the Russians took over without much of a fight since Moldova has little military might.

If Putin is allowed to keep Ukraine’s twenty percent they soon would be increasing their infiltration. The Ukrainian President before Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a Putin dupe. Millions of Ukrainians forced him out of office. He fled to Russia.

As long as Putin is fighting in the Ukraine he will not be looking at any other former Soviet State. Several of them are now NATO. Maybe Putin will not use his military and invade but use his Cyber troops to destroy their will to resist his having his people put in office. [Cyber troops are teams dedicated to swaying and manipulating public opinion through coordinated internet and social media campaigns organized by governments, powerful parties, or corporations.] Think about his Cyber successes here and in Europe.