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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by Calavar on Sunday July 21, 2024 @07:36PM (#41029396)
Very much a false equivalence to the point that it sounds like a bad faith argument. There's a massive difference between contingency planning for a hypothetical versus actively planning for something that's is intended to be agenda item #1.

The first clue to differentiating a contingency from an active plan is resource allocation. Russia moved about 80,000 troops to the Ukrainian border a full 13 months before the invasion. That's over 50% of the force that would eventually enter Ukraine in February 2022 and also about 25% to 35% of Russia's entire non-conscript military force.

Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by LtWorf on Monday July 22, 2024 @09:34AM (#41034189)
Are you skipping the part where NATO was arming and having people in ukraine in the same period?