> Not taking the Germans seriously after WWI and trying to destabilise their country...
Yes, it's widely regarded as a mistake to be punitive to the replacement regime after you win the war. The Marshall Plan is the new model. If the Russians throw out Putin, we should have a similar plan in place.
> The odds of Putin deciding to do a Hitler...
are a hundred percent, as he's already performed acts of genocide in Ukraine. I hope he takes Hitler's final decisions to heart, though.
> And if the US hadn't spent the last few decades marching NATO's borders towards Moscow...
Russia just triggered the most significant expansion of NATO's borders in years via their actions, and their invasion of Ukraine brings the Russian border even closer to NATO.
The idea that Russia gets to tell countries like Poland they can't make alliances is lunacy, too. Bullies love to isolate their potential victims from friends.
Yes, it's widely regarded as a mistake to be punitive to the replacement regime after you win the war. The Marshall Plan is the new model. If the Russians throw out Putin, we should have a similar plan in place.
> The odds of Putin deciding to do a Hitler...
are a hundred percent, as he's already performed acts of genocide in Ukraine. I hope he takes Hitler's final decisions to heart, though.
> And if the US hadn't spent the last few decades marching NATO's borders towards Moscow...
Russia just triggered the most significant expansion of NATO's borders in years via their actions, and their invasion of Ukraine brings the Russian border even closer to NATO.
The idea that Russia gets to tell countries like Poland they can't make alliances is lunacy, too. Bullies love to isolate their potential victims from friends.