It’s more about the patchwork ethnic and political make up of the Ukraine and parts of it, the relative powers of the state actors, the existance or otherwise of guarantees than it necessarilly leading a large war.
But part of the analogy is that in ’38 we decided not to threaten to intervene and less than a year later we were left with no choice but to.
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Date: 2014-03-07 12:24 pm (UTC)It’s more about the patchwork ethnic and political make up of the Ukraine and parts of it, the relative powers of the state actors, the existance or otherwise of guarantees than it necessarilly leading a large war.
But part of the analogy is that in ’38 we decided not to threaten to intervene and less than a year later we were left with no choice but to.