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I don't think you can really call this escalation. Escalation would be responding to military force in kind. Instead, the West is is confining itself to economi
by jgwil2 5y ago
I don't think you can really call this escalation. Escalation would be responding to military force in kind. Instead, the West is is confining itself to economic sanctions and material support. I don't really see how they can do less, frankly, without risking emboldening Putin to strike at Poland or the Baltics (thus involving NATO).