We hope that the need to defeat Russia because it used nuclear weapons in Ukraine will not be required.
drysine•9mo ago
You can't defeat a country that has an arsenal of megadeath.
maximinus_thrax•9mo ago
lol. America has an arguably more effective arsenal and has already been defeated.
rzzzwilson•9mo ago
So if you owned a small shop and a bunch of hoods came in and said "nice shop, pity if it should catch fire accidentally" you would do whatever they told you to do?
> You can't defeat a country that has an arsenal of megadeath.
But you can push back on their threats and not just acquiesce. That just ensures more outrageous demands next time, with the same threats. See appeasement.
>So if you owned a small shop and a bunch of hoods came in and said "nice shop, pity if it should catch fire accidentally" you would do whatever they told you to do?
No, that's why Russia finally acted in the response to the NATO expansion and the revolutions "mid-wifed" by the US.
maximinus_thrax•9mo ago
NATO is not an empire and did not 'expand'. Countries willingly voted to join. Latest examples being Finland and Sweden, as a response for actual Russian expansion.
rzzzwilson•9mo ago
We hope that the need to defeat Russia because it used nuclear weapons in Ukraine will not be required.
drysine•9mo ago
maximinus_thrax•9mo ago
rzzzwilson•9mo ago
> You can't defeat a country that has an arsenal of megadeath.
But you can push back on their threats and not just acquiesce. That just ensures more outrageous demands next time, with the same threats. See appeasement.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeasement
drysine•9mo ago
No, that's why Russia finally acted in the response to the NATO expansion and the revolutions "mid-wifed" by the US.
maximinus_thrax•9mo ago