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Originally Posted by curves2000
I do get it, trust me I do get it. I don't think other's get it. Putin isn't a spineless leader, he does exactly what he wants to do, end of story.
He called Obama's bluff in Syria, he just called Biden's bluff on chemical weapons just now from reports that they have been used.
So I go back to my original thought process and ask, where is this going to go and end? He isn't going to stop. Pay attention to when he talks, he actually means what he says.
He is about up front as possible about other countries bordering Russia joining NATO. Full stop, don't do it or else he says. Sweden and Finland have just now started the process on joining NATO literally by the summer. Do we think he is just going to sit around and wait for the ribbon cutting ceremony?
At what point do the worlds most powerful countries both economically and militarily actually get down to business and take care of it?? How does this not end with the US and other countries getting about as involved as possible?
I get it, he has nukes. If the west *****y foots around here, it's going to be open season from all the other countries that got their own beef. North Korea, Iran, China.
If we believe Putin, and nothing has shown us to not believe him, when this continues and he pushes the boundary even more and likely tests light nuke's, significant chemical weapons against civilians and more, we will probably have to respond and the question will be asked, why not sooner?
Sometimes in life you can either be first, smarter or even dirtier than your opponent. Sometimes it's a hell of a lot easier to just be first and ahead of the game.
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You are positively hopeless on this issue and have the world's worst take. I'm not saying you're dumb, but the thought of us attacking Russia at this stage in the game is probably the dumbest plan I have ever heard in my entire life. It's like you want to take this god-awful situation for Ukraine and make it orders of magnitude worse for every human being on the planet. Are you unaware of the concept of taking a bad situation and making it worse? Because that's what you're proposing.
Honestly, the west is trying to keep this contained to Ukraine whilst inflicting as much damage as possible on Russia and its soldiers. That's all we can do and more than we're obligated to do, too.
Sometimes in life there are no-win situations. This is one of them. The goal is to limit how bad it is. We can't make the bad go away.
Do you really want young Canadian men between 18 and 25 shipping off to Russia and coming home in body bags? Do you want Russia to launch a nuclear missile at Toronto? Jfc, guy. No, we don't want to attack Russia. We're absolutely defenseless against a nuclear attack. Let's not invite one because that would be the dumbest thing anybody who has ever lived would have ever done.
We cannot attack Russia. Get it out of your head. It's terrible.