[cuban leaf]

So...we spend billions of dollars on a missile shield for Europe which will do nothing to defend us from Russian nukes, and which Europe doesn’t want, and which they won’t contribute a dime to pay for anyway. Good plan.

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...assuming his goal for this rhetoric is to actually put missiles in place. Ever barganed for something you don’t even want, but your negotiating opponent wants even less, to get something you DO want?

[DoodleDawg]

...assuming his goal for this rhetoric is to actually put missiles in place. Ever barganed for something you don’t even want, but your negotiating opponent wants even less, to get something you DO want?

So what does Cruz expect? Putin will withdraw from the Ukraine because we threaten to put missile in Europe? And what makes him think the Europeans will play along with escalating the situation? It seems like an empty, expensive threat to me.

[nomad]

So we can afford this program? If I were Putin, I`d say go for it and by the way, we`re rethinking every treaty we`ve ever signed with you. From nuclear proliferation to arming space with orbital nuclear weapons platforms. Hell, for that matter renouncing the bioweapons accord and rebuilding Dr. Alibek`s Biopreparat. Are these idiots trying to destroy humanity?