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What did you expect the west to do in this situation? Let Putin get on with it unscathed? This is the rational alternative to World War III.
by KerrAvon 5y ago
What did you expect the west to do in this situation? Let Putin get on with it unscathed? This is the rational alternative to World War III.
- legalcorrection 5y agoThe announced US policy was yes, to let Russia as a whole mostly get away with it, but to hit the Russian elite specifically with very harsh but specifically targeted sanctions. The red line was NATO territory + de facto NATO members like Finland, not Ukraine.