Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad family

Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by walterlw on Sunday December 08, 2024 @08:16AM (#42356938)

Quick reminder that Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014, before that they invaded Georgia and before that they took Chechnia. And yet even now the popular belief in the West is that the war in Ukraine will be the end of it and that some sort of a peace deal can hold.

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by lolinder on Sunday December 08, 2024 @08:22AM (#42356964)

Thank you. It has been incredibly frustrating to watch the modern appeasement movement repeat the mistakes of the 1930s.

You cannot appease an expansionist power that's intent on restoring the glory of an empire from days gone by (real or imagined).

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by mensetmanusman on Sunday December 08, 2024 @09:30AM (#42357334)

Few believe Russia would risk expansion into nato territory.

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by tacon on Sunday December 08, 2024 @12:17PM (#42358381)

One report from early in the first Trump administration (possibly apocryphal) was when Trump was being briefed about NATO commitments to defend all member countries. Trump supposedly was surprised that the US was committed to going to war with Russia if they invaded Latvia. The Baltic countries are very exposed and could be reached by land only through a narrow gap with Poland.

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