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B.See » 13 Feb 2023, 12:35 am » wrote: ↑

13 Feb 2023, 12:35 am

Yes, assuming such an agreement could've been accomplished and held to.

There are two schools of thought on this. The first, which is more aligned with your argument as per this MSNC article of March '22 (I've been barred from posting actual links, so copy and past the parts in blue to find the article): Russia and Putin's Ukraine war may have been preventable - MSNBC (dot com) 

and the second, which is supported by four articles I'd published awhile back in this very thread, three of which can no longer be found, and the fourth,  Putin’s Ultimate Goal is Establishing Russia as Superpower - Observer, which argues that the annexation of Ukraine was ALWAYS part of Putin's plan. 

I've found others that support that thought as well: 

Blinken: Putin’s plan all along has been to invade Ukraine - POLITICO 

Putin laid out his Ukraine invasion rationale back in July 2021 - Fox News 

The Putin Doctrine: A Move on Ukraine Has Always Been Part of the Plan - Russiamatters (dot org) 

Frankly, from what else I've read (learned) of Putin, I'm inclined to believe the second. However, whichever notion one subscribes to, still brings us back to my initial question. As a sovereign nation doesn't Ukraine have the right to decide (on NATO alliance) for itself?

biden simply does not care about children.

in afghanistan or anywhere,

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Economic sanctions have, in recent years, become one of the most important tools of US foreign policy. There are currently more than 20 countries subjected to various sanctions from the US government.But if more Americans knew how many innocent civilians actually die as a result of these sanctions, would the worst of them be permitted?We may be about to find out in Afghanistan. Sanctions currently imposed on the country are on track to take the lives of more civilians in the coming year than have been killed by 20 years of warfare. There’s no hiding it any more.Projections through the winter estimate that 22.8 million people will face “high levels of acute food insecurity.” This is 55 percent of Afghanistan’s population, the highest ever recorded in the country. An estimated one million children are suffering from “severe acute malnutrition” this year. Children who are malnourished are more likely to die from other diseases, even when they can get enough calories and nutrients to survive. Already, 98 percent of the population is not getting enough food, according to the UN World Food Programme.