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A no fly-zone officially drags NATO into the conflict and WW3 kicks off.

xdennis 5y ago
As per Putin, there is no war in Ukraine, and as per Lavrov, the Russians have not invaded Ukraine. NATO protecting Ukraine would not trigger anything.
javert 5y ago
- FpUser 5y ago
  >"The only potential caveat is if Russia uses nukes. But that doesn't start World War III" Of course not. It'll just vaporize millions of people. Pocket change.
- vetinari 5y ago
  > What that sums up to, is that it's weak militarily. Hitler thought the same ("elephant with clay feet"). So did Napoleon. Also Charles XII. See the pattern?
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  lol lots of countries thought Russia was a pushover. Also if Russia starts losing they will start launching nukes. Maybe not a "end all civilization" nuke but say one aimed at a middle sized US city like say Portland or Little Rock to prove a point. Are you ready for that? Same for European cities.
- djrogers 5y ago
  > The only potential caveat is if Russia uses nukes That's a ridiculously huge caveat - especially since the guy in charge appears to be unstable and has already threatened to use them. Triggering Putin would potentially be condemning hundreds of millions of people to death.
  - FpUser 5y ago
    It means nothing to keyboard warriors here.
    - javert 5y ago
      > It means nothing to keyboard warriors here. (entire comment) This kind of insult (you're referring to me, but have probably misconstrued what I said) is not OK on HN. There is no intellectual content at all in what you said. Flagged.
  - ejanus 5y ago
    How did you get your information that he is 'unstable"?
    - throw-ru-938 5y ago
      ...the sources said Macron had been struck by how different Putin was to the man he had met in his summer residence on the French Riviera three years ago. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moscow-macron-found-different-tougher-putin-2022-02-10/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moscow-macron-found-dif...
      - ejanus 5y ago
        Is he a psychiatric doctor?
- gruez 5y ago
  >The only potential caveat is if Russia uses nukes. But that doesn't start World War III. (However, It probably leads to a partition of Russia like the Allies did to Germany after WWII.) and you know, most cities in the west being a nuclear wasteland

As per Putin, there is no war in Ukraine, and as per Lavrov, the Russians have not invaded Ukraine. NATO protecting Ukraine would not trigger anything.

javert 5y ago

FpUser 5y ago
>"The only potential caveat is if Russia uses nukes. But that doesn't start World War III" Of course not. It'll just vaporize millions of people. Pocket change.
vetinari 5y ago
> What that sums up to, is that it's weak militarily. Hitler thought the same ("elephant with clay feet"). So did Napoleon. Also Charles XII. See the pattern?
stjohnswarts 5y ago
lol lots of countries thought Russia was a pushover. Also if Russia starts losing they will start launching nukes. Maybe not a "end all civilization" nuke but say one aimed at a middle sized US city like say Portland or Little Rock to prove a point. Are you ready for that? Same for European cities.
djrogers 5y ago
> The only potential caveat is if Russia uses nukes That's a ridiculously huge caveat - especially since the guy in charge appears to be unstable and has already threatened to use them. Triggering Putin would potentially be condemning hundreds of millions of people to death.
- FpUser 5y ago
  It means nothing to keyboard warriors here.
  - javert 5y ago
    > It means nothing to keyboard warriors here. (entire comment) This kind of insult (you're referring to me, but have probably misconstrued what I said) is not OK on HN. There is no intellectual content at all in what you said. Flagged.
- ejanus 5y ago
  How did you get your information that he is 'unstable"?
  - throw-ru-938 5y ago
    ...the sources said Macron had been struck by how different Putin was to the man he had met in his summer residence on the French Riviera three years ago. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moscow-macron-found-different-tougher-putin-2022-02-10/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moscow-macron-found-dif...
    - ejanus 5y ago
      Is he a psychiatric doctor?
gruez 5y ago
>The only potential caveat is if Russia uses nukes. But that doesn't start World War III. (However, It probably leads to a partition of Russia like the Allies did to Germany after WWII.) and you know, most cities in the west being a nuclear wasteland