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> Britian, and/or other members of nato, might well decide to shoot back. This type of fantasizing reminds me of someone getting bullied in the schoolyard and

• strogonoff 5y ago
  > Neither the UK nor Nato are going to start a shooting war near crimea, and the UK Navy simply isn't in a position to do anything there Exactly. No one wants a war, and no one’s starting it, including Russia whose only choice is to make noise at passing UK warships and live with it. Got to admire the move by the British, who understand that well.
  • sudosysgen 5y ago
    So let me understand your point correctly, Britain, by doing absolutely nothing useful and needlessly increasing tensions and creating a risk of war by transiting a ship that could have been blown up any second, was doing an admirable move? Seems to me it was toxic internal propaganda and nothing actually useful. Meanwhile Russia sees absolutely no consequence, and they won't.
    • strogonoff 5y ago
      Exploiting the conundrum that Russian dictatorship has holed itself into, making it question own decisions without unnecessary bloodshed? It has shown itself an aggressor and is alone against pretty much the whole developed world. It won’t start a war, since it will lose (both the war and the approval of own population, already not that far from revolution or civil war). All it can do is watch and bite its elbow.