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Originally Posted by sterlingice
I don't know how this ends. But right now this feels like a completely unintended side effect of this in a way that could actually change the world for the next couple of decades
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I agree. Even if Putin wins Ukraine and creates a puppet state, he'll be a pariah to all but a handful of countries not already aligned/bordering Russia.
The international backlash has been fantastic and seems that international outcry been more widespread & serious in this invasion and not earlier Crimea or Georgia.
Probably because Ukraine borders NATO and we learn from the Crimea annexation. Georgia was probably too far away. In retrospect, think Biden was correct in warning the world every other day about the threat and Russia's plans. And/or maybe social media is more ubiquitous more than ever.