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Because they aren't stupid enough to think you can reason with a megalomaniac like Putin. Hope that helps.
but they seem to be stupid enough to align itself with trump and an empire in decline.
False dichotomy, imperialism is imperialism, find differences elsewhere
Imperialism is when a country does something in its interests, which tends to be most things?
You forgot the expansionism bit
You know, US over all its neighbours, Russia over Ukraine, Israel over Palestine/Lebanon/Syria, China over Taiwan...
No, let’s contextualize this rather than doing an all sides bad gotcha that ends up feeding those with hegemony.
Gosh the mental gymnastics and the length you'll go to try to justify that territory grab is not an invasion; alright comrade, all heil valiant Vladimir fighting Nazism; it's not a flex to be the least worse
Ukraine is the most Reddit country. Folks, some people are saying it’s the Reddit country.