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Originally Posted by FlameOn
Really interesting and valuable stuff
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I think a point not yet talked about is Western governments have known Putin's ambitions for years, got caught off balance on Trump's election, and then fell into COVID.
So it went from hypothetical, to f me it's potentially real, to oh #### something else is more serious.
I don't think it's coincidence that Putin is striking when he feels COVID won't derail him, and Western governments have not recovered from financial and other issues. There will not be a more opportune time. Everyone else has spent 2 years ignoring geo-political issues, why would he wait for the west to get settled?