If there were major riots and political instability in
Mexico City, would we send troops into Tijuana? What if the rioters were
leftists and communists trying to install a socialist president? Seem like
legitimate questions. I mean, we have invaded countries on false pretenses in
the past, why wouldn’t we do it again, especially under those conditions?
I’m not suggesting that what Russia has done in Ukraine is
justified, and I don’t believe it is, but the sanctimonious protestations by
our government lack a certain grounding in reality and self-reflection. The
world should be outraged by Putin’s invasion of another country, and it should
have been equally as outraged when we invaded Iraq under false pretenses.
What is Putin’s end game? He seems poised to dive deeper
into Ukraine, which will be a mistake for many reasons. If he does, none of the
options left to the rest of the world look very good.
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