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   -=> Joseph Pereira wrote to All <=-   
      
    JP> In 1939, Russia attacked Finland. There was no reason for it, other   
    JP> than that Russia wanted more land to reduce its perceived   
    JP> vulnerability. Finland was not a threat to the Russians, but Stalin   
    JP> simply wanted more territory.   
      
   I saw an interesting video trying to describe Russian geopolitical   
   thinking, and it made a lot of sense if you turn the map of europe 90   
   degrees clockwise, so Russia is at the bottom. All of their policies   
   have been around limiting the border exposure to western Europe, like   
   they're planning on rolling tanks through again.   
      
   The invasion of Ukraine, when looked at from that perspective, seems to   
   fit the theory. It's all about limiting border access to Russia and   
   creating buffers.   
      
      
      
       
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