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Tafkam Hokie

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IIRC, the US pushed to add Ukraine to NATO at some point


Which is a source of butthurt for Russia.

And it was more than likely an effort to expand NATO and weaken Russia and not some altruistic way to help the people of the Ukraine.

Russia might have been able to put up with an independent Ukraine that was mostly a Russian ally. But a Ukraine that sided with the West is unacceptable. So Russia is invading, will install a pro-Russia puppet government, then withdraw peacefully. And they will probably finish that task long before sanctions and strongly worded condemnation from the West accomplishes anything.

But if we try to stop them militarily, we'll most likely get a continuous onslaught of state-sponsored cyber attacks that utterly cripple our economy as a best-case scenario. Worst case, Putin pushes the big red button, and then what does the world do?

(In response to this post by 2hhoop3)

Posted: 02/25/2022 at 12:48PM



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