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alienicecream
on April 5, 2023
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Russia is persecuting dissenters by taking away th...
IMO Mearsheimer's take has more explanatory power than "Everyone able to make a rational decision can see Russia are are the sole cause of this war.".
amanaplanacanal
on April 5, 2023
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Sure. The west forced Putin to invade a neighboring country.
alienicecream
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Maybe not forced, but the west gave him a good reason to. The Mexico analogy is a good one, and the US has invaded other countries for less, so I'm not sure why that's such a controversial take.
amanaplanacanal
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Itβs bad when the US does it, too.
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