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Costs money and political capital. What it buys is defense of Ukrainian sovereignty and escalates conflict with a dangerous, poor nuclear superpower. Ukraine
by willis936 5y ago
Costs money and political capital. What it buys is defense of Ukrainian sovereignty and escalates conflict with a dangerous, poor nuclear superpower.
Ukraine is being handed to Putin. He gets to flex his strongman ego and the world gets to not be ended (today).
- StillBored 5y agoWhich sounds disturbingly like British/French response to the Rhineland/Austria lead up to WWII.
- willis936 5y agoIndeed. Some things are different today. Nukes, cyber weapons, NATO borders being tougher than the League of Nations, the imperial country having a weak economy, and the whole thing is a war without a cause. Russia invading a NATO country would be akin to walking on a landmine. Putin's not a fool, so it is very unlikely to happen.
- jotm 5y agoWell, he could've led Russia on the same path as China, making it a true world power that other countries massively depend on. Instead the fascist government chose isolationism. So, the foolishness of Putin is quite debatable.
- dabeledo 5y agoSudetenland