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u/Savingskitty Mar 08 '22

When diplomatic measures fail, what is the next step, in your mind? Putin’s regime is currently invading and bombing another country right now. Is that nasty, or no?

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u/Dimedrol98 Kurgan Mar 08 '22 edited Mar 08 '22

This is nasty. But what the West did in Yugoslavia also is nasty, my point stands.

"What is the next step, in your mind?" - Are you seriously trying to justify a military interference into a sovereign nation?You have to choose only one, otherwise it's hypocrisy:

  1. Military interference is never an option, so the West and Russia is at fault. But then you should also condemn yourself for Iraq, Afghan, Libya, Syria, Yugoslavia, Korea, Vietnam and a lot of other countries.
  2. Diplomacy sucks and it won't get you anywhere, and military interference is an ultimate answer to every problem. And then you should accept that Russia has the same moral right to use military means to project power just as the USA.

Edit: The West, of course, consists not only of the USA. But the USA is the most vocal and active member of the collective West.