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What you seem to be saying is that we should be willing to fight, but it's not been long since our last involvement. How big is the Afghan economy in relation
by lordnacho 5y ago
What you seem to be saying is that we should be willing to fight, but it's not been long since our last involvement.
How big is the Afghan economy in relation to the West?
- phkahler 5y ago>> What you seem to be saying is that we should be willing to fight... Who is this "we"? For all the condemnation and claims about sanctions, everyone saw this coming and did not a damn thing. If sanctions actually are imposed, Putin can just turn off the gas to Europe. If anyone wants to engage militarily (and Europeans rightly had enough of that) they have to worry about nuclear weapons. I see this as a big eye opener to the other European "Union" countries when they see nobody actually has Ukraine's back.
- DFHippie 5y agoUkraine is in neither the EU nor NATO. That was what this whole conflict ostensibly was about: Ukraine gaining allies and support outside Russia's control.
- machiaweliczny 5y agoBut AFAIK they have some protection “guarantees” by UK and US for disarming nuclear forces. Yet another lesson for the naive and meek
- robotnikman 5y agoThey are probably wishing right now that they had secretly kept some
- jessaustin 5y agoKeeping nuclear weapons "secretly" really undermines their deterrence aspect. “Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday machine is lost if you keep it a secret! Why didn't you tell the world?” -- Dr. Strangelove