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by hutrdvnj 1566 days ago
Honestly, if throwing nukes in Europe, including nuclear fallout over NATO states, is not the red line, then there isn't any. If you allow Putin to throw nukes and answer with more economic sanctions, then the West is a complete joke.
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jl6 1566 days ago
On the red line:

https://youtu.be/o861Ka9TtT4

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belter 1566 days ago
No worries, there is the hotline:

https://youtu.be/1OitCT1KT4k

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chakhs 1566 days ago
Putin put a red line on Ukraine joining NATO (regardless weather he has the right to) and the west didn't care about his line drawing. So I guess in international relations, there are no lines? There's nobody to set them
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seba_dos1 1566 days ago
There was no serious chance of Ukraine joining NATO anytime soon. This is just an excuse for propaganda.
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dragonwriter 1565 days ago
> Putin put a red line on Ukraine joining NATO

Ukraine never joined NATO. Ukraine was never even given a membership action plan.

> and the west didn't care about his line drawing.

Neither did Putin; the moving red lines were about pretext, not reasoning.

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