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In reply to the discussion: This may upset some DUers but after Iraq it's hard to watch the same hacks talking [View all]dwayneb
(766 posts)There is zero equivalency between the mission of the US in that war, and Putin's regime building aspirations in Eastern Europe.
While I think the Iraq invasion was foolish and as we now know was based on false premises, there was never any idea that the USA was going to acquire Iraq or Afghanistan as a US territory or state.
Make no mistake, Putin wants to expand the Russian oligarchy as far as he can to the West. He's already acquired Belarus and Georgia for all intents and purposes, and he now he has his eye on Ukraine. And he won't stop there. Any country that is not already in NATO should expect to become a target.
It's not impossible that we could see another European war coming out of this. Putin is following the playbook of the USSR in the cold war and of Hitler in WW2.