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Zach
@thrustwr.bsky.social

If it is okay for Russia to invade smaller countries for not complying with what it wants. Where does that leave Cuba? I mean this is the sort of language that excuses US conduct in Venezuela & Iran.

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Zach
@thrustwr.bsky.social

I'd rather nobody invade another country just because you think they belong to your "sphere of influence" solely because you are a big and strong country and the strong get what they want.

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Zach
@thrustwr.bsky.social

What makes me really uncomfortable about this topic is people deal with in the same way others excuse the behaviors of abuse partners/rapists. No amount of anything gives you full autonomy/domination over someone else. You are not owed anything. Russia is owed nothing.

Zach
@thrustwr.bsky.social

If Ukrainians are not impressed with what the corrupt/fucked/decaying Society that is Russia has to offer then they are free to tell Putin to fuck off.

Constant Fractal
@nfb42.bsky.social

An additional problem is that it ignores how smaller countries will react to this becoming the norm again. E.g. letting Russia get away with Ukraine will be the death knell of nuclear non-proliferation. That whole worldview is disaster-inducing on every level.