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Originally Posted by
sonatine
we've been carpet bombing russia with sanctions while checking their ability to reclaim their breakaway republics for ages.
and although im not opposed to anything i just described, at least superficially, its not difficult to see why russia would absolutely savor the chance to put a stick in the eye of the country who has been fairly enthusiastic about keeping the boot on their neck for decades.
Oh, of course, I don't blame Russia for any of this. Don't think anybody would expect anything less.
Its the fact that they're achieving their goals without any meaningful consequences.
Putin is legit fucking with our democracies and it's only going to get worse, and your government turning the other cheek to a clear all-out assault against Western values is quite frankly scaring me.