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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by stickfigure on Thursday February 24, 2022 @02:00AM (#30451507)
Your region is already at stake? What's the chance that Putin is interested in "just this one piece of land" and is also willing to escalate to WW3 to get it? If he's truly that dedicated, this is just the beginning. Estonia shares a nice long border with Russia.

How popular do you think Putin will be at home when he announces he's going to full war with NATO? How would he even do that? You think he's going to launch ICBMs?

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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by ghostwriter on Thursday February 24, 2022 @02:27AM (#30451725)
> How popular do you think Putin will be at home when he announces he's going to full war with NATO?

Putin is not elected by a popular vote, the voice of the people does not matter there.

Estonia is a NATO member already, the current conflict has been escalated because of the previously announced red line demands (Ukraine never getting into NATO) that the US diplomats discarded. It is their job to negotiate peace in the region too. Negotiations is a nasty business and the outcomes are nasty too. Those who seek easy and pretty solutions that satisfy all parties in one step are destined to escalate the situation further up.

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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by xorfish on Thursday February 24, 2022 @08:56AM (#30454681)
The voice of the people always matters to some degree. Especially if said dictator wants you to risk your life or the life of your loved ones for his conquests.
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