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> What makes you think that? Becasue Putin has openly talked about how Latvia and Moldova, for example, are part of Russia.

rayiner 2y ago
But there’s geographical limits to expansion based on that principle, right? It wouldn’t affect any place that directly affects America? Say India decided to relitigate the Islamic conquest of the subcontinent and take over Bangladesh. Say India keeps going into Pakistan. Does the U.S. get involved? Why should America care?
- throw16180339 2y ago
  > Say India decided to relitigate the Islamic conquest of the subcontinent and take over Bangladesh. Say India keeps going into Pakistan. Does the U.S. get involved? Why should America care? India and Pakistan both have nuclear weapons. If a conflict between them escalates, then even a limited nuclear exchange would lead to tens of millions of casualties, mass starvation, widespread electronic outages, and releasing millions of tons of black smoke into the atmosphere; crop yields worldwide would be severely reduced. There have been a few studies on a nuclear war between India and Pakistan, although as you'd expect, they're mostly from antinuclear advocacy groups. There are many unknown factors and a wide range of estimates, so I'd take all numbers with a grain of salt. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31616796/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31616796/ https://psr.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/two-billion-at-risk.pdf https://psr.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/two-billion-at-ri... There's also an active National Academies study on the environmental effects of nuclear war (https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/independent-study-on-potential-environmental-effects-of-nuclear-war https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/independent-study...), although they haven't released anything yet.

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> What makes you think that? Becasue Putin has openly talked about how Latvia and Moldova, for example, are part of Russia.

by zippothrowaway 2y ago

rayiner 2y ago
But there’s geographical limits to expansion based on that principle, right? It wouldn’t affect any place that directly affects America? Say India decided to relitigate the Islamic conquest of the subcontinent and take over Bangladesh. Say India keeps going into Pakistan. Does the U.S. get involved? Why should America care?
- throw16180339 2y ago
  > Say India decided to relitigate the Islamic conquest of the subcontinent and take over Bangladesh. Say India keeps going into Pakistan. Does the U.S. get involved? Why should America care? India and Pakistan both have nuclear weapons. If a conflict between them escalates, then even a limited nuclear exchange would lead to tens of millions of casualties, mass starvation, widespread electronic outages, and releasing millions of tons of black smoke into the atmosphere; crop yields worldwide would be severely reduced. There have been a few studies on a nuclear war between India and Pakistan, although as you'd expect, they're mostly from antinuclear advocacy groups. There are many unknown factors and a wide range of estimates, so I'd take all numbers with a grain of salt. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31616796/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31616796/ https://psr.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/two-billion-at-risk.pdf https://psr.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/two-billion-at-ri... There's also an active National Academies study on the environmental effects of nuclear war (https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/independent-study-on-potential-environmental-effects-of-nuclear-war https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/independent-study...), although they haven't released anything yet.