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It's either that OR Russian aggression is a response to NATO expansion putting all those tanks, etc. that Cher wants in Eastern Europe. Not trying to justify Putin, but there is an alternate viewpoint regarding Russian aggression
I keep seeing this posted, but it doesnt hold water when you compare it to recent history.
I understand the reasoning, but in context, it doesnt apply to this war. It's like the bully who pesters you into a reaction, and then blames that reaction on the inevitable beat down.
Russia cant be an instigator for years, and then all the sudden claim they felt agression, when people too measures to pre-emptively protect themselves.
It's complicated, but that is a bit of an over-simplified excuse that Russia wants to hang their hat on.