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The invasion of Poland by Hitler was not the UK and France's "problem" either. Assume the worst case with Putin. From Ukraine, Putin might attempt to annex* al
by ogogmad 5y ago
The invasion of Poland by Hitler was not the UK and France's "problem" either.
Assume the worst case with Putin. From Ukraine, Putin might attempt to annex* all other countries that belonged to the former Russian empire. In his recent speech, Putin lamented Russia's loss of the territory it had in 1916. He considers the whole former Russian empire to be his birthright. The man is extremely calculating, ambitious, and doesn't blunder easily. Look ahead.
* - Or establish a "hegemony", as opposed to a classic empire.
- adrian_b 5y agoThe invasion of Poland by Hitler actually was the UK and France's "problem", because they were bound by treaties to help Poland, exactly like the NATO countries are today bound by a treaty. That is why UK and France were forced to declare war against Germany. Unfortunately for them, after declaring war they did nothing, hoping for some miraculous solution without actual war. Their inaction allowed the splitting of Poland between Germany and the Soviet Union and then Hitler had plenty of time to prepare for the attack against France.
- Markoff 5y agoExcept many of those are already NATO members, which is quite a different situation from Ukraine.