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Perhaps. Or Putin and the Russian people will galvanize and feel the need to pull the trigger on nuclear weapons and/or shift their economy into a military outp
by cudgy 4y ago
Perhaps. Or Putin and the Russian people will galvanize and feel the need to pull the trigger on nuclear weapons and/or shift their economy into a military output machine, causing further instability for Ukraine and the European continent. The US did it when threatened in WW2. What makes us think the Russians are less likely to use nukes or other terrible weapons than the US?
- signatoremo 4y agoBecause it was the matter of survival and existence of Russia as the nation in the WW2? Amazing things happen when you are under attack. What are the same threats to Russia today? They are under no threats from the outside. Simple as that. The issue is that they’ve become increasingly irrelevant. They may work to become a modern economy. Russia is full of educated people, with a proud culture. Or they may rely on their past glory, expanding their empire by interfering with their neighbors. They’ve chosen the latter.
- cudgy 4y agoSo Russia and/or China can annex Mexico into an exclusive military alliance and the US would argue “They are under no threats from the outside (China and Russia). Simple as that.” No way that would be the case. Alarm bells and missiles would be flying over such a move. Why do people not understand this as an equally alarming concern to Russia?
- eveningcoffee 4y agoYou are here missing only one very simple but important fact. Russia nor China are not superpowers. China may become one soon but it is not yet. Russia can be as concerned as it likes to be but if it steps over the line, it will get its ass handled back to it.
- cudgy 4y agoRussia has more nukes than any country in the world. That alone makes them a power to be reckoned with regardless of whether they are a super power by anyone’s definition.
- stjohnswarts 4y agoBecause 1. It's suicide 2. the Russia doesn't -really- need Ukraine and neither does Putin 3. see #1
- cudgy 4y agoPerhaps the US and Europe is pushing things to the point of their own suicide as well. The US (alone) is sending 50+ billion dollars in military aid to Ukraine for a conflict that has only lasted for a couple months. At this rate, the US will send about $300 billion in 1 year! That represents almost 1/2 of the entire US military annual budget and would dwarf the military budget of almost all nations in the world except maybe China. Talk about suicide.
- eveningcoffee 4y agoHow much did wars in Afghanistan and Iraq cost? War in Afghanistan was only important for posturing. This is also the reason why when US decided to leave, it did not look back. Putin of course inferred that it is signal of weakness when it was not. Putin also inferred that Europe trying to keep good relations and keep doing business is signal of weakness. He stepped into trap created by his own delusion.