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dutch777

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1. It's the worst message to send....unjust aggression pays dividends. Plus allows Putin to rebuild and aim elsewhere.

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Sun Nov 23, 2025, 10:25 AM

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To restrict Ukraine from joining NATO is a death sentence for Ukraine despite the so called "security guarantee". Whether that guarantee is from EU countries or the US or both, the reluctance to engage with military force against Russia in the future will be as great, or maybe greater, than it is now and Ukraine will be lost in its entirety. If sanctions are lifted on Russia and its oil can be sold at market rates it will stay on a war footing and use fresh cash to rebuild its military bigger and better. Whether that gets pointed back at Ukraine, Moldova or the Baltics, Putin will have little to hold him back.

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It's the worst message to send....unjust aggression pays dividends. Plus allows Putin to rebuild and aim elsewhere. dutch777 Sunday #1