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I think you misunderstood what I was saying. Of course Putin is an imperialist. But for two decades his grievances were treated as though they had legitimacy,
by dralley 2y ago
I think you misunderstood what I was saying. Of course Putin is an imperialist. But for two decades his grievances were treated as though they had legitimacy, or as though Russia should be given the same level deference and appeasement that the USSR was. Even holding Putin's opinions constant, the US and Europe should have pushed back harder against the aggression rather than pretending it wasn't happening.
- aguaviva 2y agoIndeed I did. I thought the referent of "as though they [were]" was "the USSR", rather than "a global superpower". The second possibility makes much more sense (and is more informative), so I should have assumed that one instead.