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Because that would still be a disproportionate response and make NATO the aggressor, playing right into Russian hands. The Russian military is already being de
by nkrisc 1y ago
Because that would still be a disproportionate response and make NATO the aggressor, playing right into Russian hands.
The Russian military is already being destroyed in Ukraine (and even in Russia). The proportionate response is to give Ukraine everything they need to destroy Russia in a war that Russia chose to start. A war that they opened with a surprise invasion, no less. They are unambiguously the aggressor in their war in Ukraine and they should be defeated there, and we should give Ukraine everything they need to do that.
- axus 1y agoNATO attacking Russia would definitely not be playing into Russia's hands. Very bad for Russia, very costly for NATO, long war would make the voters unhappy, and India and China would feel rightly threatened. Russian and Ukrainian militaries are being destroyed, but it also matters how fast they are being rebuilt. As mentioned above, Russia and Ukraine are debugging all their outdated military doctrines. The survivors will have a lot of hard-won experience.
- chii 1y ago> The survivors will have a lot of hard-won experience. the west would not want russia to be that survivor.
- nkrisc 1y agoWhat I meant was any direct NATO aggression against Russia would validate Russia's current "victimhood" narrative, and provide after the fact justification for their invasion of Ukraine in the first place. They are very intentionally doing things that would not justify a full military retaliation by NATO.