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Originally Posted by Bagor
Why wasn't this in place already?
ie. You do x. y will automatically be the consequences.
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Because they weren't expecting such an immediate escalation from level 2 being threats and minor incursions to level 10, which is now full scale war. The big question is going to be is the West going to tolerate seeing images of scores of dead civilians, destroyed cities and potentially half of Ukraine being absorbed by an unprovoked aggressor?
Paralyzing sanctions are going to be a big blow to Russia, but at some point you have to worry that NATO action is going to be the only outcome if things even modestly deteriorate from here, especially if it becomes clear that Putin can basically do whatever he wants.