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Perhaps after winning the war in Ukraine, Zelenskyy needs to go "de-Nazify" Moscow. (To be clear, this is not a serious suggestion and I'm certainly not advoca
by dane-pgp 5y ago
Perhaps after winning the war in Ukraine, Zelenskyy needs to go "de-Nazify" Moscow.
(To be clear, this is not a serious suggestion and I'm certainly not advocating for Ukraine to invade Russia, which would be a bad idea even if Russia didn't nukes. However, if Russia managed to free itself from Putin and have free and fair elections, maybe a decade from now, it would be uplifting to see Zelenskyy compete as a candidate and win).
- DyslexicAtheist 5y agoI enjoy these hypothetical what if's and am really rooting for Zelensky. My guess is there are quite a couple of candidates that if they're not murdered in all this would be in a good position to step up. E.g. Navalny, or even exiled people like Mikhail Khodorkovsky (aka Citizen K). The scary thing is that a power vacuum after Putin is like rolling the dice which might as well usher in the next dictator. Russia after Putin needs to be managed like Nazi Germany was managed by the allies post WWII. With army bases all over Russia to ensure a gradual adoption of rule of law. China will be pissed but that's the only chance to secure long term peace. But before any of this happens I fear things will need to become a lot worse to justify such a step. (e.g. wide scale use of chemical or nuclear weapons and RU invading other countries like the Baltics, Moldova, Poland etc). guess all of this is spitballing because war turns any future unpredictable.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoWe got to put army bases all over Germany because we conquered Germany. We're not likely to do that to Russia, especially without bleeding a lot.
- DyslexicAtheist 5y agoI agree it's far fetched today. It might not be far fetched once a few European capitals are getting nuked.