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[โ€“] Apollo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's actually far easier to hold putin to account than western leaders - the western hegemony is hardly going to turn on itself, but it can easily send arms to Ukraine.

That this arming of ukraine is for completely self interested reasons doesn't mean it also has the side effect of helping a country fight tyranny. A good thing done for bad reasons can still be a good thing.

[โ€“] sukhmel@programming.dev -2 points 1 year ago

Also, if the western countries will get paid for the help afterwards, that'd be an almost free win