• ghost_laptop@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I agree, but that certainly accelerated it, one thing is to sanction a small island or third world country and another one is to sanction a country like Russia, the message is different. If it was Russia’s turn it could be Saudi Arabia’s next, or whomever.

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      1 year ago

      Russia is special in the West and I don’t think anyone has any illusions about that. No one except maybe China is comparable to Russia as the ebil spoopy bad guyz