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int_19h01/03/20261 replyview on HN

Countries that "defend itself" don't annex territories of other countries.


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Mikhail_Edoshin01/03/2026

Offensive aggression has certain leeway; it can be covert so that the aggressor can deny the very fact of aggression. West likes that position very much; it suits its lying nature. Defensive aggression has no such freedom: here the aggression has to be visible.

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