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by plandis 3637 days ago
So it's propaganda that Russia just took land Ukraine, is it? Russia has built little trust with the western world and unfortunately you reap what you sow.
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Russia took what it could - it would be stupid not to. Hardly a sign of aggression. More a sign of abysmal western political and military incompetence and lack of purpose / direction.
Russia took Crimea because "it could". United States could annex British Columbia if it wanted to. Wouldn't that be aggression?
Yea, good luck with that :)

But if it really could, you bet your ass it would!

World politics is not a game of Risk. You don't just throw the dice against the other guys every turn and see what you can grab, like Putin seems to be doing.
Putin's doing it because he realizes he is not going to be challenged. He is basically demonstrating the western military powers are all show.