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Old 03-01-2022, 11:35 AM   #176 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by elphenor View Post
the opposite take that there are just evil nations acting independent of any global influence is equally naive though

Putin has good reason to see Ukraine potentially joining NATO as an expansion of Western power (particularly the US) because it is

this doesn't justify the atrocities being committed, and Putin may very well be losing it...but given the US track record on human rights when it doesn't serve our goals of complete global dominance, let's not be totally naive about this
I'm not. The U.S. should be funneling in provisions and weapons to the Ukraine by all means possible.

But I don't think Russia is a bad country.
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