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> Negotiated peace can be a thing if "This hasn't worked for 30 years, but this time it will for sure!" makes for pretty awful geopolitical strategy, historica
by ajross 1y ago
> Negotiated peace can be a thing if
"This hasn't worked for 30 years, but this time it will for sure!" makes for pretty awful geopolitical strategy, historically. But you do you.
(Your broader point that Putin's actions are constrained by nuclear deterrents is obviously correct. But it's very clearly not a point about diplomacy!)
- tim333 1y agoI'm not convinced it hasn't worked. There were rumors the US diplomats said to Putin that if he used nukes in Ukraine then probably the US would a) take out his military in Ukraine and b) target him to be killed personally. The diplomatic bit is saying that privately rather than actually getting the nuking and killing going.