Russian invasion of Ukraine

Oh I see, you’ve deliberately conflated supporting Ukraine with “destroying Russia”.

Exactly the kind of dishonest bullshit I should have expected.

No, I'm saying sending troops in from other parts of the world and getting involved in this conflict makes the situation significantly worse.
 
These kind of actions are important in this. In isolation they may seem like token gestures, but if they continue then together the discontent in Russia will reach powder keg pressure. The CL final, F1, Eurovision. Innocent Russians are becomimg pariahs in the global community; which, we can only hope, will lead to irresistible levels of protest.
They'd still get more votes than the UK if they entered.
 
Based on some of the posts over the last few days here I don't see that.

'We need to double down on military spending'

'We need to send all the armies in to destroy Russia'

We can all read, watch and listen to get ourselves better acquainted with what's going on in Ukraine, or for that matter any other geopolitical crisis.
And 2 people getting exactly the same information will process it differently.
Some people like myself I'll admit are by nature sceptics, contrarían at times. Not saying that's good by the way. Others want to believe in something, they dislike uncertainty. The church provided that for many years, but as not many people buy that anymore, a lot of people have turned to certainties like king and country. Not saying that is bad.
We are what we are and while we think we are independent actors, in thought and deed, we are not as free as we'd like to think. And just for clarity I definitely include myself in that.
 
Rather than me explain I suggest you read a bit of the chap I was quoting. I'm not sure Stephen Walt's position as a political science professor at Harvard qualifies him as unreasoned or a Russian propagandist.
If it does though, I'd be delighted to read one of the books you have written on the subject for a bit of 'reasoning that doesn't fall apart immediately'. Can't wait.

So that would be a no then, you can’t back it up.
 

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