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> why would it ever make sense for Putin to invade Poland ? It wouldn’t make sense (Russia can barely afford its current war, never mind invading Poland), but guy sure is obsessed with Poland. In particular, see his recent deranged ‘interview’, in which he claimed, amongst other things, that Poland forced Hitler to invade it (this is particularly ominous in that Russian propagandists often claim that Ukraine in some…
> What bad thing would have happened to Russia, had Putin not decided to attempt an invasion? Ukraine would've joined NATO. [1] There was no reason for the US to contemplate, if not to pursue, Ukraine to be joining NATO. Could you consider the collective panic and US reaction if a bordering state were to join the CSTO for example ? Coups have been performed in countries much farther for much less. [2] [1] https://en.…
… So what? Latvia and Estonia have been in NATO for ages.
> Could you consider the collective panic and US reaction if a bordering state were to join the CSTO for example ?
Would Poland, by the same token, be justified in invading Belarus?