Originally posted by San Bernardhinault
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and then try and force the implementation of those demands through the threat of military action.
I acknowledge the points about the Ukrainians might, quite reasonably, want NATO membership as a support against the threat of Russian aggression, however that doesn't of itself make Russia's position - of wanting guarantees of NATO non-interference in Ukraine - itself unreasonable.
I seem to be in a minority, even on this site, who thinks that Putin does not actually want to launch a full-scale invasion of the Ukraine. My main fear is that the response from the west could end up nudging him into it regardless.
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