Reply to post: Re: "Of course you realize, this means war"

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Ian Johnston Silver badge

Re: "Of course you realize, this means war"

Putin doesn’t give a flying feck what people think he’s made his decision. He isn’t going to back down now as that would be seen as a sign of weakness. As I said on another story this isn’t something we should just stand on the sidelines and condemn.

We can do nothing and we will do nothing. It's the Cold War all over again: the prospect of Mutually Assured Destruction means that (a) we and they can't fight each other and therefore (b) we and they can otherwise do anything we and they want. Invade Afghanistan, invade Afghanistan, kill Muslims in Chechnya, kill Muslims in Iraq, impose non-democratic governments in Poland and Bulgaria, install undemocratic governments in Iran and Chile, and so on.

So stand on the sidelines and condemn it is. Maybe mildly inconvenience a few Tory party funders as well.

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