• Nico198X@piefed.europe.pub
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        3 days ago

        yes, and the destabilization that has led to this opportunity can be traced back to Russia’s invasion of UA in 2014.

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          3 days ago

          Reasons I see that this happened now:

          • Trump cares less about international law than any US president in modern history
          • He needed a distraction from other issues that were tanking his numbers
          • Most of the proxy powers that Iran would normally use to respond to attacks on their soil have been destroyed or neutered
          • Mossad probably has some blackmail material on Trump and pressured him into attacking (this last point is speculation)

          These are certainly not all direct results of Russia’s meddling in Ukraine.