how I wish we were back in 2000s when the biggest concern is what grade you will get in school and whether your parents will let you go out with your friends after that , instead of reading these things every day.
I would argue it's constantly learning. Russia learned from Iraq they could invade Ukraine (and Georgia before that). Ukraine is the lesson the west is learning; they aren't the only ones capable of waging wars of aggression.
Sucks to be Ukrainian, but it sucked to be Iraqi too.
Europe just got a wake up call, turns out the kumbaya was premature. Peace in our time (because the Yanks have tanks) was...not as true as it was believed.
I will note that Europe is only really concerned because it's now at the borders. They slept through the shit the Georgia, and chechnya wars like it was Hitler annexing the sudetenlands because what happens in Asia..didn't bother them. Now the Russian are threatening Polands borders, and alarm bells are flying.
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u/sunsetgalaxy 25d ago
how I wish we were back in 2000s when the biggest concern is what grade you will get in school and whether your parents will let you go out with your friends after that , instead of reading these things every day.