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1. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jun-2022 17:57:02 EDT simsa04
   Larry Elliott, "Russia is winning the economic war - and Putin is no closer to withdrawing troops" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/02/russia-economic-war-ukraine-food-fuel-price-vladimir-putin
   
   Many argue that sanctions are better than doing nothing or engaging militarily. But in the long run war between Russia and the West is inevitable.
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jun-2022 18:41:46 EDT lnxw48a1

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      @simsa04
      
      > in the long run, war ... is inevitable.
      
      I think it is very likely, but not completely unavoidable.
      
      I think the half measures that Western nations are taking will only embolden Putin or his successor, because it is obvious to all observers that we're making unreasonable exceptions in order to avoid war. When someone is already willing to risk and to threaten war, that just encourages further expansion of the conflict zone.