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> From Russia’s point of view, they had many reasons to annex Crimea. Oh they sure did, and all of them were of the militaristic and imperialistic variety. >
by denis1 5y ago
> From Russia’s point of view, they had many reasons to annex Crimea.
Oh they sure did, and all of them were of the militaristic and imperialistic variety.
> Having studied this situation a bit, my conclusion is that both sides are to blame
How can Ukraine/the West possibly be responsible for Russia launching an imperialistic annexation war? Nothing can excuse that.
- ceilingcorner 5y agoIt’s a bit too complex to summarize, but if you study NATO’s actions in the region, you’ll see that we helped set up this precarious situation. Again, as I said in my initial comment, most of the blame here is on Russia. Nonetheless, the world isn’t black and white.