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This doesn't really make any sense though. It changes nothing about the geopolitical reality of what's going on. If the US sends a merchant ship and a cruiser,
by spywaregorilla 4y ago
This doesn't really make any sense though. It changes nothing about the geopolitical reality of what's going on.
If the US sends a merchant ship and a cruiser, what is russia going to do exactly? Try to bomb the ships? They will lose, and get shot down.
Why would it suddenly be WWIII? Is russia really going to say "Well, they shot down our plane so its global thermonuclear war time".
- giantg2 4y ago"Is russia really going to say "Well, they shot down our plane so its global thermonuclear war time"." That is what they have been threatening...
- spywaregorilla 4y agoThey threaten everyone and change their mind all the time. It's mostly irrelevant to what they actually do.
- giantg2 4y agoThe question was would they really "say" it.
- spywaregorilla 4y agoIt felt pretty clear to me the intention was saying it "to themselves" and following up with actual action. Nobody cares if they say things aloud.
- ImPostingOnHN 4y agoin that case, it would be russia starting ww3, and I don't think they will.
- giantg2 4y agoI agree, but they will spin it from their prospective to say Han, I mean we, shot first.
- spywaregorilla 4y agoBut there is no spin. There's either global thermonuclear war or there's nothing. If NATO isn't invading Russia, and Russia isn't invading NATO, then nothing has changed. Does Russia want to start global thermonuclear war because they can argue a technicality that it's not their fault? No, I don't think so. They could start the war and the outcome would be the same at any time they want. Excusing the edge case of a pathetic attempt of a land invasion of Finland or Poland or something crazy.
- Gordonjcp 4y ago> Why would it suddenly be WWIII? Is russia really going to say "Well, they shot down our plane so its global thermonuclear war time". Because Vladimir Putin is currently very very defective.
- spywaregorilla 4y agoMore like incompetent
- Gordonjcp 4y agoI suspect he's about as far down the vascular dementia pathway as Trump is, despite being five years younger.
- geoka9 4y agoHe's also very very scared to do anything of consequence. Look, the Ukrainian invasion was the only reckless thing he's ever done and look how it turned out.
- nradov 4y agoRussia might respond with conventional cruise missile strikes against US forces in the region.
- spywaregorilla 4y agoShrug. We're shipping $40B of shit to ukraine. It really doesn't matter.
- mr_toad 4y agoUnlikely. That would give all of NATO casus belli.