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0 pointssekai2y ago0 comments

> The writing is on the wall for a while now, the only problem is that people talking about it are promptly labeled as not worthy of being listened

Exactly, did people forget Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014? Let's not be naive here.

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disgruntledphd22y ago· 2 in thread

Yup, this was the time to arm Ukraine. (or even in 2008 with Georgia).

Aerroon2y ago

The US did actually train Ukrainian troops after that. Eg https://www.newsweek.com/us-troops-prepare-ukraine-soldiers-...

Could more have been done? Probably, but effort was definitely put in.

disgruntledphd22y ago

If you compare what happened in 2022 to what happened in 2014, you could make the argument that basically nothing was done in 2014.

I had a friend who kept saying that we needed to do something back then, and kinda ignored him, and now looking back, it's depressing how right he was.

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