I think judging by the posts on this instance, a lot of people here didn’t think that Russia would take military action against Ukraine. I was one of those people. Hell, even yesterday I wasn’t expecting to wake up to this. But I think it’s safe to say that that position was incorrect.
I’ve read opinions from communists on both sides now that it’s happened of whether the military action was justified or not, but it seems that few are reflecting on the fact that we were wrong about the prediction that there was not going to be military action. Personally, I’m very surprised that this happened. I’d be curious to hear your thoughts.
The threat of open war is a constant parroted by anxious idiots on the internet and the media. I think we’re conditioned (at least I am) to see that states with interests confronted with those of the west are not really powerful enough yet to challenge their hegemony as directly as the Russians have done. Obviously, reality has moved on before us.