this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2023
179 points (98.4% liked)

World News

32582 readers
604 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

This is pretty much how Bush & USA justified pre-emptive strikes against non-existent WMDs. Russia don't need to see their neighbors as friendly instead of neutral, and they definitely don't need to conquer them just in case.