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Originally Posted by August
Isn't that comparing apples and oranges? The internal affairs of a nation are a far cry from annexing a part of another country.
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What? Wouldn't annexing a country be interfering with it's affairs?
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Originally Posted by ikalugin
Back on the topic though - what happened in Ukraine was a violent take over of power, which was completely supported (and in part organised) by Western parties to further their geopolitical objectives without regarding Russian (or local for that matter) interests. I mean no one now even talks about what was in that association agreement and if it was at all beneficial to Ukraine (it was not).
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Weren't there thousands of people protesting to change govt?
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Thus, speaking in terms of ultimatums and applying further pressure would not solve the conflict by deterring Russia - it would escalate it.
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No doubt. Russia is going to get want they want, the West may as well accept it with as little bloodshed as possible.