Sunday’s successful blockade run could signal to international shippers that it’s reasonably safe to resume operations from Ukrainian ports.

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    Ww2 started because everyone bent over for the Germans and Japanese, which encouraged them.

    In this case, si vis pacem, para bellum.

    Either putin is sane and pulls back, or he’s insane and war was inevitable.

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        We’re not over there, and the only help we’re giving is because we’re asked.

        People hate russia, they want our help killing russians. Help we are happy to provide.

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            No, we’re working with China to weaken Russia so we can divide it between us.

            That was the deal.

            China had s choice between a weak and stupid russia as an erratic ally, or a broken russia as a resource depot. They hesitated, but the war in Ukraine sold it.

            The irony is putin started the war partly to look strong in front of Xi so he wasn’t the junior partner in an alliance. The delicious, delicious irony.

            It’s pronounced knee-how btw, might want to practice.

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      Ww2 started because everyone bent over for the Germans and Japanese, which encouraged them

      This is extremely simplified and comes off as silly. German appeasement was partially because France and Britain wanted Germany to attack the USSR, partially because they needed time to rearm. The US empire had a policy of provocation and containment of the Japanese empire.

      In the era of nuclear powers wars are done with non nuclear proxies to avoid a nuclear exchange.

      WW2 was pre-nuclear weapons. It turns out that changing material conditions makes old responses inappropriate.