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Offline Squidward von Squidderson

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Re: Russia and America to go war
« on: December 31, 2021, 11:06:13 pm »
Who will have too withdraw?

I get that Russia doesn't want countries on its borders joining NATO.  They see it as a threat to their own borders.  On the other hand, they have to right to decide what sovereign countries do including if they want to join NATO.

But Putin also thinks pretty much all the countries that made up the USSR, including Ukraine, are part of historical Russia and he seeks to unite them under Russian territory.  This includes most of the countries that border Russia.

This is a country that is assassinating political rivals.  They put a band on a list of people to arrest because they don't like their message.

We are not dealing with rational actors here. 

Unfortunately, not enough Russians are standing up and demanding democracy like they did in the 80's and early 90's.  I see some similarities between the Russian population and Americans who would prefer a fascist dictatorship to someone they might disagree with in power.