I re-read the history of the Ukraine war, and how Putin kept giving NATO ultimatums, which NATO ignored.
And look, where NATO is going now. And think, that the things can become much-much worse for you.
The longer the war goes, the weaker Russia becomes.
It simply not true. And even it was true, it would be just another reason to finish the war by decisive victory over NATO.
I doubt it, or they would have done it by now.
They tried in 2014, this rebellion was supressed. But there still a lot of people who hate Nazies (like absolute majority of the city). Right now they are more useful for Russia as sources of information and for limited sabotage acts. People just wait for being liberated, it is more safe, from their point of view. But if they think that they are left alone, and if SBU (Ukrainian heir of KGB) decide that Kievan regime needs good rebels to do bad things to draw NATO in the war, and Russia decide that even limited NATO forces are unacceptable, and NATO forces just need a pretext to send additional forces (and in all those four things we can be pretty certain), there will be rebellion.
If you believe that, fine.
I just better informed. Both about Russia and Ukraine (and, may be, about few specific things in Latin America). I can't be sure about your motivations, may be, you can't speak freely, may be you just playing fool, and in fact you are not that ignorant and wishful-thinking creature you want to demonstrate.
Dying in a needless war is not worth anything.
This war won't be needless. This very discussion proves that Americans need a lesson. Don't you?
Very nice subway system. Our DC Metro is nice, but not the NYC subways.
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I never said that, and you know it.
Didn't you say that Putin is a monster? Doesn't it mean, that Russian people are stupid and immoral to allow monster to rule them? Didn't you posted Goebbels-style article that Russians elected Putin because they love dictatorship?
I don't like Putin (or, to be specific, his scenic image, for I see difference between a person and a role). Putin's regime did a lot of wrong and stupid things (at least from my point of view). But defending Russian people (including attacks against Ukraine or NATO if necessary) isn't a "mistake". It is his duty. It is our duty as human beings.
Bad analogy. Separatists in Ukraine are an insignificant minority.
Of course they are not. Before 2014 the Party of Regions had more than 50% of votes. Now, when significant part of Nazi-fanatics are dead, and moderate guys see that NATO (especially the USA) betrayed Kievan regime... In the case of fair and free elections, separatist in most regions will win.
Conventional War is counter-productive except or the Military Industrial Complex.
A nuclear war is the end of civilization.
Of course not. Let's play game. Russia successfully nuke US nuclear forces, hit only military targets, (but significan part of Montana and Dacotas should be evacuated because of fallouts) and, after it the USA has only one survived SSBN (USS "Wyoming", twenty Trident-II missiles with, say, three 100-kt warheads each) in Atlantic and, say, few submarines in Pacific, at detterence patrol against China (you need days to attack European part of Russia, if you do it - China will be perfectly save to attack the USA).
Russia say: "Right now we attacked only military targets and we suggest peace deal (we want Alaska and California). But if you retaliate, we'll destroy seven your cities for every our, and then we'll demand unconditional surrender. We give you twelve hours (without bombing military targets in your cities) to think, and evacuate your civilians"
You are a decision-maker. You can order the only survived Atlantic SSBN attack Moscow, but, highly likely, Moscow ABD will intercept all 60 warheads. Even if some came throw, Moscow population (especially state-essential personnel) is partly evacuated, partly shelptered. May be, you'll kill few dozens or hundreds of thousands civilians. But then Russia will destroy seven large American cities and then continue bombing until your unconditional surrender. You can order to attack, say, ten smaller, and poorly protected cities. It will lead to destruction of seventy American cities and then, also bombing campaign until unconditional surrender.
What will you choose?
But even if you choose "fight until last American man, woman and child", elimination of America doesn't mean "end of civilisation" in any meaningful sense. I love America, but it is just a little part of the world.
