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Originally Posted by Table 5
I'm a guy who has personal experience being a refugee from a country oppressed by Russia (I was 6 when we fled, leaving all our possessions behind, and spent 2 years without a real home), who has grown up with countless personal stories of family tragedy and loss due to Russians, and whose extended family all still lives less than an hour from the Ukraine border. For the rest of my life I will have nothing but contempt for Russian government and a general distrust of Russian people.
And yet I am still of the belief that we need to balance between punishing Russia/Putin, and not getting overly entangled in an extremely volatile and corrupt part of the world. We need to help Ukrainian citizens today, but we also need to keep the long-term big-picture in mind, and think bringing Ukraine into the EU/NATO would be a mistake.
Yes, us East Europeans are a cynical and distrusting bunch!
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I agree. I know right now everyone has their blood up and wants to see Russia punished but man....have we not learned anything from History?
If the rest of the World hammers Russia down they're going to get pissed off and resentful and this is all going to happen all over again.
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