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[Thryleon]

Thry...Are you saying that if a country didn't exist in 1914 it shouldn't  exist now?

Not at all Lods.

Im saying that the world has been in a state of flux for a long time, wars have been happening for a long time, and over simplifying the cause of this one being putin being a @#$!* is not doing anyone any favours.

At the end of the day people like to barrack for good guys vs bad guys, but when these events happen it should be a sombre reminder that we have lead a privleged existence and that this is human nature on show.

Nations have been invading each other for thousands of years and as far as im concerned of all the stoushes we have seen in my lifetime this one is closer to civil war/traditional war than most of the rest where nations have involved themselves in other countries business half way across the globe.

You have to admit whether the USA hit Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya rightly or wrongly, that wasn't exactly protecting their own interests.  In this case the Russians are definitely looking after their own interests and they actually have people in Ukraine.

The fact that I call them Ukraine not the Ukraine is a testament to my opinion here because that is a subtle difference that actually recognises their sovereignty.