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by realpolitik123 643 days ago
The key difference being the Cold War is over

But more importantly, from a "realpolitik" International Relations perspective, the biggest problem with the invasion of Ukraine is that Russia couldn't win it as swiftly as it believed it could. If they were not a paper tiger and had in fact succeeded in taking Kyiv shortly after the start of the conflict, the rest of the world would have had to accept it. Because they failed, they get the US and other Western allies supporting a resistance for the stated goal of defending Ukraine's sovereignty but for the true goal of not allowing Russia to grow stronger.
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freilanzer 643 days ago
> If they were not a paper tiger and had in fact succeeded in taking Kyiv shortly after the start of the conflict, the rest of the world would have had to accept it.

Not at all true.

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realpolitik123 643 days ago
Show me one instance in which a permanent member of the UN security council successfully invaded another country and suffered any real repercussion other than political backlash.

Downvoting me and saying "not true" doesn't make it less true.

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