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Ukraine and the Myth of War

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An article outlining why it is we continually return to the same place on the road to war and, more specifically, how it is NATO expansion played such a large role in precipitating this crisis.

Are we truly incapable of resolving these concerns without slaughtering each other? Is our intellect that limited, our patience that short, our humanity so curdled that we must repeatedly reach for the sword?

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