[rmind]

World War II wasn't just Germany. As a matter of fact, Poland was invanded jointly by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. I think you partly missed the point. Anyway..

It is certainly important to de-escalate, but it cannot happen under the Russian terms. The current war in Ukraine is a war of conquest. Moreover, it is genocidal (as dictator in Russia is questining the very existance of the Ukrainian nation). There must be serious consequences for this, otherwise we just go one or rather two centuries back when invading, conquering territories and enslaving the local populations was a norm.

[freefaler]

A slight clarification on Poland timeline. It was a more nuanced thing and it was not a coordinated attack from two sides on the same time as frequently claimed.

Poland was invaded by Germany on Sep 1 and when they overran the designated by the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact borders Russians occupied the rest of the country beginning on Sep 17th.

No major fighting occured between the Russians and the Polish army during the russian occupation.

It doensn't change the end result, occupation by both countries, but they're some accounts that Stalin was hesitant to send his troops early.

[roenxi]

Lucky everything is relaxed in the Asia-Pacific is relaxed and there is no risk of conflict rising up there for any reason! Otherwise I'd be scared.

Except for the China-Taiwan thing and the concerning risk of an unstable China after their COVID policies. We're very close to a really ugly situation.

Russia is isolated in the Ukraine conflict, but not in opposing the US military.