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[inglor_cz]

As Václav Havel used to say, the problem with Russia is that it does not know where exactly it ends.

[warner_of_doom → inglor_cz]

There's a geostrategic logic behind where Russia wants their borders positioned.

Your statement applies more to other countries in Europe, IMO.

[dragonwriter → warner_of_doom]

> There's a geostrategic logic behind where Russia wants their borders positioned.

Yes, imperialism usually has a geostrategic logic.

What it doesn't have is respect for the right of self-determination.

> Your statement applies more to other countries in Europe

Except you’ve literally just admitted that it is exactly the driving force for Russia.

[warner_of_doom → dragonwriter]

> What it doesn't have is respect for the right of self-determination.

Did the US have any respect for self-determination in the 2014 putsch it backed in Ukraine?

[tim333 → warner_of_doom]

Well yeah, it backed the people over Russia in Euromaidan. That was kind of the point of the thing.

[warner_of_doom → tim333]

LOL. OMG. Please look more closely into it. It was undemocratic by a long shot.

https://mate.substack.com/p/by-using-ukraine-to-fight-russia...