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coffeesp00ns  ·  3944 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Russia Won't Invade Ukraine

I would argue they don't have to "invade". All that Russia has to do is implant or support some Crimean Nationalist or Russian Empiricist agent povocateurs, stir up a whole heap of trouble, then come in as "Peacemakers", or cite a defence of their borders, or claim to be helping for the sake of "slavic unity" of some sort. It's the sort of 19th century nationalistic idealism that might actually work.





user-inactivated  ·  3944 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Putin has more leverage behind his actions than any player in this conflict. He will do what he wants, he knows the collective values of the Western World are in too much disarray to stop him.