Let's back an economically troubled nation with a giant ass nuclear arsenal further into a corner by imposing harsh sanctions. What could possibly go wrong?
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Quote from: Fortuna on February 22, 2022, 09:00:58 AMLet's back an economically troubled nation with a giant ass nuclear arsenal further into a corner by imposing harsh sanctions. What could possibly go wrong? Appeasing brutal expansionist dictators always goes well.If he is willing to use nukes to get what he wants, he won't stop at Ukraine. If he's that nuts, we're all fucked no matter what we do.
Quote from: JSS on February 22, 2022, 04:21:28 PMQuote from: Fortuna on February 22, 2022, 09:00:58 AMLet's back an economically troubled nation with a giant ass nuclear arsenal further into a corner by imposing harsh sanctions. What could possibly go wrong? Appeasing brutal expansionist dictators always goes well.If he is willing to use nukes to get what he wants, he won't stop at Ukraine. If he's that nuts, we're all fucked no matter what we do.Nukes will be the only negotiation mechanism Russia will have if their economy is torn to shreds due to these super ultra harsh sanctions that are supposed to be coming. Indeed, they've already conducted ballistic missile drills and mentioned them in their recent political rhetoric.
On the positive side, anything that pushes countries to move away from oil and gas is a good thing. Russia is truly and totally screwed if the world stops buying their oil. That's well over half of their exports and nearly half of their entire economy.Hopefully this will give Europe the kick in the pants they need to move away from being dependent on Russian oil and gas.
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If they really wanted to make some big city moves, NK would just start artillerying SK, China would take Taiwan, and Russia would keep rolling their tanks to Paris. And there's not a lot anyone could do about it.
Quote from: Fortuna on February 24, 2022, 08:57:50 AMIf they really wanted to make some big city moves, NK would just start artillerying SK, China would take Taiwan, and Russia would keep rolling their tanks to Paris. And there's not a lot anyone could do about it.There is but everyone's afraid Putin would just nuke the world out of spite.
Quote from: Lord Dave on February 24, 2022, 11:29:12 AMQuote from: Fortuna on February 24, 2022, 08:57:50 AMIf they really wanted to make some big city moves, NK would just start artillerying SK, China would take Taiwan, and Russia would keep rolling their tanks to Paris. And there's not a lot anyone could do about it.There is but everyone's afraid Putin would just nuke the world out of spite.Maybe the U.S should just surrender to Putin and become part of Russia. That's what the Republicans want.