BBCNEWS BBC News February 24, 2022 09:40:00
West has failed to alter the trajectory of events. we tried to diplomacy, but without any carrot or stick, it was not going to alter his thinking, and we have now tried limited sanctions. in the uk, we said we'd go do some sanctions, and if there is a full invasion, we will do a little bit more, hoping the tanks might turn around. but i have to say, if kyiv falls, history will ask, why the west did not do more, why we did not use our nato hard power deterrence, the one western asset that putin phase. this was not harnessed, and we are now seeing the consequences of that. just harnessed, and we...
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