Originally posted by Oregonian
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Well you could and again I would agree with some of those and disagree with others as I judge case by case. Even Vietnam was not comparable to Ukraine bcs there was an absolute fear of communism in the West. It was a situation where democracy was afraid for its survival. But for the most part I agree that wars are wrong and invading a sovereign country is never justified since usually it produces more misery, death and poverty than even the worst of dictatorships produce. US has done horrible things and considered even worse things like Northwoods.
Russia has literally nothing to fear as it is the only aggressive dictatorship in Europe and EU has tried, despite the warning signs, to be friends and build the relationship. This is how Russia pays back. From history the closest thing is the 1930's and how Hitler started his aggressive foreign policy. Hitler and ***** see compromise and non-aggression as weakness and they sought to abuse it. Everyone with half a brain know that if Russia was to win in Ukraine it would only be a matter of time until the next country was invaded. And yet European countries are trying to avoid escalating the war. But there is no appeasement this time like back then. Allowing Russia to take Crimea so lightly was already as mistake and a bad signal to the bloodthirsty Russian leadership. We know what happens when megalomaniac dictators get their way. Ukraine mustn't fall because then Europe falls into truly bad times and another arms race. Nobody wants that besides certain Russian elite maybe. When Russia is defeated and forced to retreat, they will have to rethink their foreign policy and only good things will follow from that.
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