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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by wbsss4412 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @11:49AM (#30456969)
How, in your estimation, could it have been averted then?

The west doesn’t really hold the cards at the moment.

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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by avgcorrection on Thursday February 24, 2022 @02:17PM (#30458961)
The West was ambivalent about eventual Ukraine membership in Nato for 8+ years. What has that achieved?

- If Nato had put a memorandum on Ukraine membership: Russia would have less of a reason to attack but Nato wouldn’t be able to help defend Ukraine in case of an attack

- Nato stays ambivalent about eventual membership: Russia is more likely to attack and, as stated by the Nato general secretary and the US president, Nato won’t help defend Ukraine in case of an attack

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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by kelnos on Thursday February 24, 2022 @07:05PM (#30462118)
> memorandum

I assume you mean "moratorium"?

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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by avgcorrection on Friday February 25, 2022 @04:30AM (#30465332)
Yes :)
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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by jacquesm on Thursday February 24, 2022 @12:49PM (#30457825)
That's mostly because they have more to lose.
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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by wbsss4412 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @01:00PM (#30457992)
That doesn’t really answer the question.

You claimed that this wasn’t inevitable. From today’s vantage point, it seems pretty clear that this was Putin’s intent all along.

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