> Politicians and diplomats executed some realpolitik type moves and it backfired into a hot war. This has been planned for months. It didn’t backfire into any

> Politicians and diplomats executed some realpolitik type moves and it backfired into a hot war. This has been planned for months. It didn’t backfire into anything. Putin likely made up his mind weeks ago and there was nothing anyone could do. All of his demands were completely ludicrous, and either he knows it or he really has lost his mind. > cheering for one side Yes, in a completely unprovoced war not far from where I live, I side with the country being attacked.