Any Russian minorities suddenly and conveniently need liberating in Armenia?
And this was obvious back in 1999, when the West forgave Russia killing of 10-20% Chechens. As long as Russia remains unpunished or has resources to expansion, it more and more brazenly and with increasing frequency will violate International Law.
1990 – Transnistria
1994-2000 – Chechnya 4 years from the previous conflict
2008 – Georgia 8 years from the previous conflict
2014 – Ukraine 6 years from the previous conflict
2015-2017 – Syria (including against radicals released from prison by Assad) ~2 years
2021 – NATO ultimatum ~4 years from the previous conflict
2022 – Ukraine ~1 year from the previous conflict
The intervals between wars are getting shorter and shorter, and Russia’s rhetoric becoming more and more aggressive.
Mostly because Western “de-escalation” strategy – demonstration to Russia Western’s weakness and tempting it to new escalations.
For those who are reluctant to support Ukraine, just a reminder that Putin’s imperialism doesn’t stop with Ukraine. Appeasing genocidal dictators created a world war instead of stopping it.
Russia doesn’t have the resources to open up a second front.
CSTO is really tough competition for NATO. Threatening your allies is better than actually defending them.
Wait did Russia threaten to attack Armenia and fail miserably, giving them international recognition and support?
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Any Russian minorities suddenly and conveniently need liberating in Armenia?
And this was obvious back in 1999, when the West forgave Russia killing of 10-20% Chechens. As long as Russia remains unpunished or has resources to expansion, it more and more brazenly and with increasing frequency will violate International Law.
1990 – Transnistria
1994-2000 – Chechnya 4 years from the previous conflict
2008 – Georgia 8 years from the previous conflict
2014 – Ukraine 6 years from the previous conflict
2015-2017 – Syria (including against radicals released from prison by Assad) ~2 years
2021 – NATO ultimatum ~4 years from the previous conflict
2022 – Ukraine ~1 year from the previous conflict
The intervals between wars are getting shorter and shorter, and Russia’s rhetoric becoming more and more aggressive.
Mostly because Western “de-escalation” strategy – demonstration to Russia Western’s weakness and tempting it to new escalations.
For those who are reluctant to support Ukraine, just a reminder that Putin’s imperialism doesn’t stop with Ukraine. Appeasing genocidal dictators created a world war instead of stopping it.
Russia doesn’t have the resources to open up a second front.
CSTO is really tough competition for NATO. Threatening your allies is better than actually defending them.
Wait did Russia threaten to attack Armenia and fail miserably, giving them international recognition and support?