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i think putin wins by fanning differences. between the alliance, between the united states and its main european allies, britain, france, italy, and he gains by waiting, not by launching an invasion. which would be the one thing to absolutely unite all the nato allies in a really strong response, that would cripple russia economically. so putin wouldn t do that. he s not foolish and it would also be wildly unpopular in russia. but by strengthening the invasion, by raising the stakes by repeating russian computer concerns that and ukraine must never join nato, some european leaders already think that. pressure back in 2008 in the george w. bush administration it was the germans and you chancellor merkel and the french under president sarkozy who blocked the bush administration. the europeans haven t changed on ....

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