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V_V comments on Calibrating your probability estimates of world events: Russia vs Ukraine, 6 months later. - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: V_V 30 August 2014 07:09:35PM *  -2 points [-]

Well, that's a load off my mind! For a second there I thought he was rebuilding an empire using completely transparent Soviet-era pretexts in small enough steps that the West is unable to overcome its paralysis.

Does he want to annex another Chechnya or two?

Look, it's very simple. Putin is a predator, and Europe would rather have warm homes in winter than stand on principle.

What principle? Why should Europeans give up their warm homes and cheap electricity to defend the territorial integrity of countries which aren't even part of the EU or the NATO?

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 30 August 2014 07:31:38PM *  4 points [-]

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The principle that we should not be moral cowards, and defend shelling points even if they do not involve us directly yet, encapsulated in the famous "First they came for..." poem.

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