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> I hope Ukraine maintains its independence, but it's just the first battle in a war Putin accidentally created, and will surely lose. Putin did NOT accidental
by ozfive 4y ago
> I hope Ukraine maintains its independence, but it's just the first battle in a war Putin accidentally created, and will surely lose.
Putin did NOT accidentally create this war. It's clear that this was intentional and that there are real people suffering because of that intention. He tried opening more doors to see what benefits he could gain. That isn't an accident.
- bayesian_horse 4y agoMaybe OP meant it in the way that Putin wanted to just rush over Ukraine, replace the government and be done with it. That would have been a very short war at best. But that is not the war he got, so yes, he "accidentally" created the current one.
- someguydave 4y ago“Accident” implies a lack of responsibility, which is not the case.
- hedora 4y agoI meant he accidentally started WWIII at the same time he made it clear Russia's military is collapsing from the inside out. It probably won't escalate to a shooting war outside of Ukraine, but that's mostly because the rest of the world will probably be able to stop him via a proxy war. He showed spectacular lack of judgment. I'm sorry if anyone thought I meant he lacks responsibility for his actions. I hope Putin is charged and convicted of war crimes.
- bayesian_horse 4y agoBy your definition the Korean and Vietnam Wars would have counted as World War Three as well. There is a kind of an economic world war brewing right now, but I expected China to be on the receiving end from the start...
- imtringued 4y agoI agree, there is no way an oligarch just simply starts a war he knows he is going to lose. The least you would expect is that he wants to maintain his power as long as possible, not accelerate his demise