| > If Mexico has a treaty with China and begins stationing Chinese troops, USA certainly would have a big problem with that. Sorry, but this is nonsense analogy. The correct one would be: China attacks Mexico against its will. If Ukraine wanted to be part of Russia, they would do so via a referendum, just like UK left EU. The referendum would have high turnout and at least 50%+ of population would vote YES, we want to integrate with Russia. That's how things are done when there is a legitimate reason to believe that some country and its residents want such geopolitical change. "I fail to see why it's a bigger deal than lives lost in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Myanmar, Tigray, Palestine, or any of the other places in recent history where there have been scores of human rights violations" In terms of tragedy of individuals, it's not "a bigger deal". It's a bigger deal in terms of global security of the western nations and their values. And spare me condescending tone about those values not being ideal or ideally followed - if you have doubts about them then try to change them or relocate to better places - I don't know, maybe to Moscow? " But if we're really concerned about war with a nuclear power above all else, we shouldn't be poking the bear in its backyard at all " The bear has entered your backyard. |