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NATO forces in or above Ukraine would be the modern equivalent of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and we would be the aggressors setting up shop right next to a nucle
by the_snooze 5y ago
NATO forces in or above Ukraine would be the modern equivalent of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and we would be the aggressors setting up shop right next to a nuclear power. A lot of our fighter aircraft are nuclear-capable, and the Russians would have no way of telling which missiles are conventional-tipped or nuclear-tipped.
What you're describing is reckless brinksmanship. One mistake or misread and the world ends.
- ethbr0 5y agoNATO forces have been above Ukraine for the last several years. The US et al. were flying ISR missions right up against the borders of Belarus, Russia, and eastern Ukraine rebel-held areas up to a couple days ago. "Reckless brinkmanship" is an odd phrase, when we're talking about responses to Russia invading a sovereign country.