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originally posted in:Secular Sevens
3/3/2014 8:01:24 AM
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Would there be any reason that it would be against any significant western interests for Putin to instigate a de facto annexation of Crimea or other sections of Eastern Ukraine, if that is indeed what he's doing?
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Probably not, but some altruism is good sometimes too. They'd rather not start a refugee crisis.
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Power play essentially. No cares about the Ukraine itself.
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There is an agreement by Russia, the US, the UK and someone else to not interfere with the Ukraine's sovereignty, so they've already broken that
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Yeah, but that's not what I asked.
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Tom might know more, but besides for geopolitical reasons I can't think of any. Curbing the spread of Russian influence is a big enough reason.
