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Or maybe the point is to make Russia poor... Or maybe just do something, because doing nothing is the alternative.
by jopsen 5y ago
Or maybe the point is to make Russia poor... Or maybe just do something, because doing nothing is the alternative.
- int_19h 5y agoThe alternative is direct military aid to Ukraine. But the West is too afraid to fight. So it'll keep pushing for sanctions, which it can later point at and say, "see, we did something!"
- _djo_ 5y agoIt’s not “afraid to fight”, it’s afraid of kickstarting WWIII and an escalation that might go nuclear. Nothing cowardly about that.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> alternative is direct military aid to Ukraine We're doing that. We're letting loose "one of the largest and fastest arms transfers in history" [1]. What we're avoiding is military intervention. Because, in one part, nukes. And because, in another part, the clear red line that is NATO membership. [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/nato-members-mount-huge-operation-to-resupply-ukrainian-fighters-11646761821 https://www.wsj.com/articles/nato-members-mount-huge-operati...
- jopsen 5y ago> But the West is too afraid to fight. If only... If only we would just cave, maybe everything would be fine (I don't know). At least it's not clear that fighting will solve anything.
- int_19h 5y agoWhy would it be fine? If you just cave, you tell Putin that he can take whatever he wants, so long as he threatens to nuke you if you don't let him. And all this talk about NATO being the "red line" is not particularly believable in context, either - I sincerely doubt that, if Russia threatens e.g. Latvia, US would be willing to risk escalation then if it doesn't do so now.