locke besse
1 min readOct 22, 2023

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Where is the disagreement? It is quite clear to me that both Washington and Kyiv want Russia removed from their territory and the borders as they existed prior to 2014 reestablished. There is no disagreement or different vision on this. The rationale for it is quite simple. Russia cannot be allowed to benefit from its war of naked aggression. To do so is to embolden other autocratic regimes with their own territorial ambitions and to reward those who would use nuclear blackmail to extort the rest of the world. If Russia is successful in their campaign, it will embolden China and Iran and other regimes that are threat to the world order. It will also unequivocally demonstrate to smaller countries that the way to assure their security is to get their own nukes. The world would quickly become a much more dangerous place. You just don’t understand the larger geopolitical ramifications, and the fact that Biden and Kyiv are very much on the same page.

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locke besse
locke besse

Written by locke besse

Eclectic trans woman, terminally curious. Too many degrees. Trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. Attract stray puppies and social outcasts

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