This is obviously true, and the people calling for Ukraine to give up territory in order to "save lives" are really just calling for Ukraine to invite a further attack. And of course, they know this. https://t.co/o2sxFzrZ9L
โ Noah Smith ๐๐บ๐ฆ (@Noahpinion) April 7, 2022
I think so too. I was wrong about this in the beginning in an important way. I thought it had something to do with NATO expansion and it mostly doesnโt; Putin wants an empire again. The Baltic states wouldโve been next up.