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> The dream of beating a nuclear power is too far from reality for them A friendly reminder that the unstoppable nuclear power of the USSR was in-fact toppled
by talldayo 2y ago
> The dream of beating a nuclear power is too far from reality for them
A friendly reminder that the unstoppable nuclear power of the USSR was in-fact toppled by self-imposed economic reform and a lack of control over it's constituent states.
So in reality, beating a nuclear power via secession and self-determination isn't just feasible, it's the standard.
- meiraleal 2y agoIt took what, 50 years for the other unstoppable nuclear power to stop the USSR? I don't think Ukraine has the resources and the manpower to fight Russia for 50 years.
- talldayo 2y agoUkraine doesn't, but NATO does. Even China has been pushing back against Russia's territorial aggression, they have no one to stand up for them on the world stage. How does Russia defeat NATO? Grandstanding and brinkmanship punctuated by long periods of low-tension hostility? The whole world knows the score. Putin had to stage terrorist attacks on his own country to secure a single presidency. Without popular appeal he can only threaten people smaller than him, and even those countries are willing to call Putin's bluff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_lines_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_lines_in_the_Russo-Ukraini...