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Paul Craig Roberts

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My apprehension remains what it always has been–that Putin’s “limited military operation” sends all the wrong signals to the West and provides the West with time to get more and more involved. 

I stand by what I said at the beginning: 

Russia needed a dramatic quick and overwhelming victory that would put the West on clear notice that Russia indeed has red lines and that the West’s refusal to accommodate Russia’s security concerns has dramatic consequences.

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