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It's the opposite: they have shown an incredible amount of restraint in the face of overwhelming opposition and crippling sanctions from Europe and USA.
by enraged_camel 10y ago
It's the opposite: they have shown an incredible amount of restraint in the face of overwhelming opposition and crippling sanctions from Europe and USA.
- dagenleg 10y agoWell, nobody wants to die in a Nuclear War.
- vkou 10y agoIt might surprise, and horrify you to know that a large number of high-ranking US staff think that nuclear war is winnable [1]. It makes my blood boil. [1] http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/is-nuclear-war-becoming-thinkable/ http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/is-nuclear-w...
- shrimp_emoji 10y agohttps://youtu.be/vuP6KbIsNK4?t=47 https://youtu.be/vuP6KbIsNK4?t=47
- ekianjo 10y agodo your smoldering bones care about whoever wins ?
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- JumpCrisscross 10y ago> a large number of high-ranking US staff think that nuclear war is winnable The article [1] cites two retired generals as its examples of "senior military officers" who "might be eager to get things started in the belief that a war with Russia could actually be winnable". [1] http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/is-nuclear-war-becoming-thinkable/ http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/is-nuclear-w...
- vkou 10y agoThe article mentions only a few. However, how many people did you think it took to sign off on building an ICBM 'shield' in Eastern Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_missile_defense_complex_in_Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_missile_defense_... The official story, of course, is that it is intended to protect against Iran. From my limited understanding of geography, Poland does not lie between Iran and the United States.
- finid 10y agoOnly the most patriotic Americans believe that lie. Is anybody in Poland worried about Iran launching missiles their way? I don't think so!
- finid 10y agoMost people don't even realize that just about the same conditions led Japan to attack during WWII. There comes a time when you keep pushing a guy, and he says, enough! No mas!
- astebbin 10y agoIndeed. For example, when you push into the Ukraine and annex Crimea via military occupation.
- tim333 10y agoJapan invaded China in 1931, Thailand in 1941 and had attacked Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. It was kind of on a roll attacking stuff before it hit the US in a way that is rather different from modern Russia.
- andrepd 10y agoWhat? Well, they sure have earned those sanctions haven't they? Aggressive expansionism and annexation of foreign territories, tampering with elections in the USA, not to mention atrocious domestic policies in an effective dictatorship. They have earned those sanctions and more, indeed I think we will find in the future that dealing so softly with Russia was a mistake.
- cloakandswagger 10y agoHave you seen the movie this topic is about? If not I highly encourage you to watch it. Blind nationalist attitudes like yours are what will cause the disaster it depicts.
- xnlvkYDNCXjJw 10y agoDidn't Russia annex Crimea? How are the sanctions not Russia's fault??