RustledTeapot

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[–] RustledTeapot@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Morally, we made a commitment to preserve democracy and we keep our word.

Geopolitically, microchips.

[–] RustledTeapot@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It tells me that most people prefer an eternal cold war to escalating to a hot war. If China backed off and made it clear they would not attack, those numbers would change.

[–] RustledTeapot@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's also possible that Wagner did it to themselves to create a casus belli for action.