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I agree that it is less likely. OTOH, if history is any guide, contracts may not be worth their paper if survival is at stake. It is an open question if the US
by richrichie 2y ago
I agree that it is less likely.
OTOH, if history is any guide, contracts may not be worth their paper if survival is at stake. It is an open question if the US or the French will risk losing half of their population and most of their cities over UK.
- beardyw 2y agoThe invasion of Ukraine was in fear of them joining NATO. If any country reneged on the agreement it would suddenly itself become more vulnerable. The USA under Trump may decide to become further isolationist and leave but that is more internal politics than good sense.
- racional 2y agoThat's what the aggressor says, and would like you to believe. But it's not the real reason, of course.
- richrichie 2y agoWhat is the real reason and how would you know it is the real reason?
- racional 2y agoTo "Make Russia Great Again" by restoring the conquests of Catherine the Great, basically. As evidenced by Putin's countless bombastic speeches on the topic (and the simple vacuousness of the claimed NATO threat).
- racional 2y agoYou may also find these pages useful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Karaganov#Karaganov_Doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Karaganov#Karaganov_Doc... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Russian_chauvinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Russian_chauvinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-Russian_nation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-Russian_nation When Putin speaks of "The Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians" -- this is what he's alluding to.