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When Putin calls sanctions a ‘declaration of war’ I fear he’s showing his hand. His barbarity in Ukraine is aimed @ goading NATO into stepping in. So far it hasn’t, but to some extent it doesn’t matter. He wants all-out war and he’s going to find a pretext.https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/05/world/europe/ukraine-russia-putin.html

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