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user-inactivated  ·  3929 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Framing Putin

    One expects them to understand that a great many Russian oil and gas pipelines run through Ukraine and the Black Sea access Crimea affords is indispensable. These are real and very significant interests, whether or not they justify Putin’s recent decisions.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the problem is that they don't.

And yes, there's a level of hypocrisy on America's part here, but the comparisons can only be stretched so far.