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Putin thinking he can get away with this is already a strong signal of madness. I think he lost his touch with reality and the situation is only going downhill
by tiborsaas 5y ago
Putin thinking he can get away with this is already a strong signal of madness. I think he lost his touch with reality and the situation is only going downhill from now. I'd like to be wrong on this one, but for a first time in a long while, I'm not optimistic.
I'd be curious to learn a scenario that leads out of this without any more significant damage or escalation.
Ukraine just got green lights to become an EU member. Let's hope this will have the effect of deterring nature and not more fuel for madness.
- treeman79 5y agoHe’s had several other wars. In a way it’s kind of weird how everyone lost their mind over this one but not the others. Maybe social media is the difference, maybe the fear that’s plan was for more then Ukraine. Not sure.
- tiborsaas 5y agoThose wars didn't happen with a common border with the EU. Sadly, it makes all the difference. You are also correct about the role of the internet, social media and that now everybody has a camera in their pocket.
- crate_barre 5y agoBiden has already given him the green light to take Ukraine. He explicitly keeps saying we won’t commit ground troops, unless he enters NATO. The message is keep your imperial ambitions to non-NATO countries. That’s pretty much the deal at this point.
- tiborsaas 5y agoThey don't send troops because Putin is threatening with a nuclear counter strike, that's not really a green light.
- treeman79 5y agoHe could have been ambiguous about sending troops. He could have sent lots of troops to Nato nations. Announcing that we won’t do anything for a small invasion was completely absurd.
- rand49an 5y ago> The message is keep your imperial ambitions to non-NATO countries. That is kind of the point, to make the cost of an attack against a NATO country very high.