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Re:Russia opposition leader poisoned with Novichok by boomboomsubban on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @02:44PM (#24356392)
*39. The alternative was likely German occupation of the whole region, and from that perspective their statement makes sense.
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Re:Russia opposition leader poisoned with Novichok by koonsolo on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @02:55PM (#24356507)
Sure, just like they "freed" eastern europe from the Germans...
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Re:Russia opposition leader poisoned with Novichok by agapon on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @04:41PM (#24357897)
Which Nazi Germany did anyway, just a short time later.

It seems that holding joint parades, signing secret pacts, sacrificing Comintern, etc, still did not help much.

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Re:Russia opposition leader poisoned with Novichok by boomboomsubban on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @11:38PM (#24360603)
>seems that holding joint parades, signing secret pacts, sacrificing Comintern, etc, still did not help much.

Neither did appeasement. The correct response to Ribbentrop's suggestions was war on Germany, just like the correct choice at the Munich agreement was war on Germany. Beyond that, you're just choosing between bad options.

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