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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by toyg on Thursday February 24, 2022 @05:43PM (#30461376)
> and (in the case of the US) bomb less defended countries for their natural resources.

That's not terribly different from what Russia is doing with Ukraine - they will overwhelm a weaker country for their own strategic reasons, enjoying the impunity granted by a nuclear arsenal (and not just your average one: the largest!).

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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by selfhoster11 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @06:13PM (#30461644)
The power differential is far smaller between Ukraine and Russia, compared to the one between the USA and whatever countries they invaded. I don't think these are equivalent in any practical sense.
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