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Military people do planning at all times. Doesn't mean that the plans will surely be applied.

• Calavar 2y ago
  Very much a false equivalence to the point that it sounds like a bad faith argument. There's a massive difference between contingency planning for a hypothetical versus actively planning for something that's is intended to be agenda item #1. The first clue to differentiating a contingency from an active plan is resource allocation. Russia moved about 80,000 troops to the Ukrainian border a full 13 months before the invasion. That's over 50% of the force that would eventually enter Ukraine in February 2022 and also about 25% to 35% of Russia's entire non-conscript military force.
  • LtWorf 2y ago
    Are you skipping the part where NATO was arming and having people in ukraine in the same period?