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> Do you believe that the Russians are bloodthirsty and looking for war no matter what? You don't need to ask. Putin issued a letter in 2021 demanding NATO acc
by ajuc 2y ago
> Do you believe that the Russians are bloodthirsty and looking for war no matter what?
You don't need to ask. Putin issued a letter in 2021 demanding NATO accept that Eastern Europe moves back into Russian sphere of influence. Including Baltic countries, my country - Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Czechia, Romania, etc. Over 100 million people in total sold to a dictatorship just like that. Against our will, of course, but you prefer not to look too closely into that, right? All the understanding for Iranian and Russian government, no empathy for the countries sold to them :)
This is what Russia will do if you let them. Not because Russians are bloodthirsty, but because Russia is a totalitarian imperialist state that can do it without consequences for the ruling elite.
The cheapest and least bloody way to stop it is to stop it now in Ukraine. If we don't - we will have to stop it in Ukraine the 3rd time Russia invades. Or the 4th, if it takes 4 times. Or when Russia goes for Baltic states. It won't get better until we stop it.