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I don’t think Putin would have gone ahead if he expected this fierce resistance from Ukraine and the strong reaction of the west. Most wars start by one or mult
by cm2187 3y ago
I don’t think Putin would have gone ahead if he expected this fierce resistance from Ukraine and the strong reaction of the west. Most wars start by one or multiple parties miscalculating the cost of the war. Starting with the two WW.
- rainworld 3y agoAs he said recently [0], they would have done it earlier. And they wouldn’t have bothered with attempting coercion. [0]: https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/02/15/7441937/ https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/02/15/7441937/
- cm2187 3y agoYou are not going to get any leader to declare publicly they regret having started a war, even in the fuming rubbles of their own cities.
- rainworld 3y agoProbably not, no.[0][1] Thus the war shall continue. [0]: http://archive.today/2024.02.01-224034/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ukraines-birth-rates-are-plummeting-the-next-generation-needs-a-plan-jhf3lf0km http://archive.today/2024.02.01-224034/https://www.thetimes.... [1]: https://reuters.com/markets/europe/germany-likely-recession-bundesbank-says-2024-02-19/ https://reuters.com/markets/europe/germany-likely-recession-...