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Nothing is Russia's back yard. Russia is the back yard. Russia is the graveyard of civilization, which has no claim to anything outside its miserable, ruthless
by noduerme 5y ago
Nothing is Russia's back yard. Russia is the back yard. Russia is the graveyard of civilization, which has no claim to anything outside its miserable, ruthless territory.
I would rather die than live in a shithole under Putin.
The only madness would be not using nuclear weapons against Putin if he crosses NATO lines. If he wants to die rich, he can live a long life. Otherwise let him die with his missiles, and his daughter who dances.
- polotics 5y agoWord! The backyard of a sad Mafia of outdated old Russian men still stuck in the 20th century. As things stand my guess is this lasts about five years and ends with some nuclear exchange over Europe, assassinations across the West and East, and prude dove China slowwwwly crawling east, then south, north, west.
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- slibhb 5y agoRussia isn't going to cross NATO lines. Even if they do, NATO can defeat the Russians without nuclear weapons. I can't believe I have to say it but escalating to a nuclear war is a horrible idea.
- codehalo 5y agoThe problem is Russia can't defeat NATO without nuclear weapons.
- evan_ 5y agoWhat's stopping Russia from introducing nuclear weapons in that case?
- Tainnor 5y agoProbably MAD, as in the Cold War times. There's still the hope that nobody, not even an imperialist Putin, would be willing to risk the total destruction of his own country if not of human civilization over some territorial ambitions.
- aenis 5y agoWhat if he is actually mad? Maybe terminally ill and not minding the scorched earth he'd leave behind? Luckily, this is Russia. There is always someone willing to stab the tzsar in the back when the time comes.
- ClumsyPilot 5y ago"What if he is actually mad? Maybe terminally ill and not minding the scorched earth he'd leave behind?" So the solution of the OP is to be madder than him and start nuclear war first? I wish there were someone to replace the mad tzar, its long overdue
- dekhn 5y agoI would say, so far Putin is proceeding rationally. He prepared his economy for this over many years, made strategic agreements with opponents of the West, and slowly built up a force which will now take a neighboring country using classic military techniques and massive imbalance of power.
- aenis 5y agoMaybe the word that better describes it is 'systemically' or 'meticulously'. When I am in a mood to get drunk, I will prepare by buying the alcohol, invite friends, prepare the food, and then get myself piss drunk. Not sure if the world 'rational' fits ill conceived plans that are just well executed.
- stickfigure 5y agoEven Putin wants to live. And he probably doesn't want to go down in history as another Hitler - even to his own people (the remaining ones, that is).