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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by catlifeonmars on Thursday February 24, 2022 @12:54AM (#30450962)
Pure speculation, but maybe it’s calculated aggression based on an assumption that the west doesn’t have an appetite for war [with Russia] and will avoid doing so if possible.
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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by leobg on Thursday February 24, 2022 @01:56AM (#30451467)
That’s what Hitler counted on when he invaded Czechoslovakia.
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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by dotancohen on Thursday February 24, 2022 @02:45AM (#30451874)
And it seems that both were not incorrect.
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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by leobg on Thursday February 24, 2022 @03:26AM (#30452226)
How so? Hitler got away with it. The Allies declared war on him only nine months later when he also invaded Poland.

And even then, they only did it half-heartedly, and the French pretty much threw away their weapons when the first German panzers arrived. Hitler knew that he had the stronger will to fight. Had it not been for a few other factors (Churchill, Russian winter, and the Hitler's obsession with the jews), he could have taken the whole of Europe.

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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by dotancohen on Thursday February 24, 2022 @05:36AM (#30453160)
Exactly, Hitler was not incorrect in his assumption that the West did not have an appetite for war. He got away with it.
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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by leobg on Thursday February 24, 2022 @07:33AM (#30453924)
Oh, sorry. I had not seen the "not" in your original comment.
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