I'm against the initiation of violence, and deeply disturbed by Putin's autocratic leadership, but to play the devil's advocate...
What's the difference between Russia invading the Ukraine and the US invading Afghanistan in the early 2000s (which Biden voted for)?
* Ukraine is on Russia's border, Afghanistan is no where near the US
* Russia actually declared war, instead of pretending it's some kind of cross-border policing action
My post comparing the invasion of Ukraine with the US invasion of Afghanistan has raised a few hackles. It was made in anticipation of comments like this ...
"This is the most threatening circumstances the world's faced since the end of the Second World War... "
Seems I'm not the only person seeing the parallels between Putin's invasion of Ukraine and George W Bush's invasions:
"In other words, the mindset of Putin in Ukraine in 2022 seems very much like the delusionary worldview held by US President George W. Bush in 2003 with regard to Iraq. Bush was another imperial invader who thought he would be greeted as a liberator, by a grateful people throwing roses."
- #GordonCampbell, 2022
The Nato expansion concerned might be a more substantial pretext given the history of W. European invasions of Russia
There was no “NATO expansion” in Eastern Europe. There were Eastern European countries desperately applying to join NATO in the face of Russian revanchism and imperialist threats. As we see since 2014, these concerns were entirely justified. And sorry but no, not a single Eastern European country has raised any territorial claims or threatened Russia, while the latter did that since 90’s.
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