Posted on 10/17/2022 10:38:31 AM PDT by MNDude
An understandable desire to avoid a nuclear war could actually make the world more dangerous if it means rushing to implement a "peace" in Ukraine that serves Russian interests, an expert told Insider.
Such a move, which some influential figures have called for, risks setting a precedent that atomic blackmail is the way to win wars and take territory troops can't otherwise hold, a model that could be copycatted by even the weakest nuclear-armed states, and may only succeed at delaying another war.
Pavel Podvig, an expert on Russia's nuclear doctrine and capabilities at the UN Institute for Disarmament Research, said in a phone interview from Geneva that such a deal — on terms deemed favorable by Moscow, in the wake of battlefield losses and in explicit response to the Kremlin's nuclear brinkmanship — could well make the world much less peaceful.
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Why? Because private citizens are doing the jobs our representatives should be doing? Our Leadership? Just shows how irrelevant the “ruling” classes are becoming.
We don’t owe Ukraine anything but we do owe it to ourselves to act responsibly. Giving in to Putin’s war of aggression and nuclear threats are not acting responsibly. This time we actually have an ally willing to fight and all we’re doing is sending guns and money, which is the cheapest way to oppose Putin’s land grab.
By the same general logic you are applying here, the U.S. needs to stay out off this conflict, including the C.I.A..
Exactly! NATO should make decisions exclusively on the bribes they receive. Anything else would send the wrong message.
I agree
It is Zelensky’s and Ukrainian’s decision
Or you get called a Dem troll...
Wow! With that one post you have uncovered yourself.
Or worse.
Ukraine is an ally?
In what way?
I agree. Why is it so hard for people to realize that there might not be a good guy in this fight? How does the ownership of Crimea affect U.S. interests? Why are spending billions of dollars on a war that doesn't have serious strategic implications to us when our people at home are seriously hurting? To protect the Deep State money-laundering juggernaut?
The left is straight up saying and doing the polar opposite of what any right leaning person says. Talk about dangerous!!
My views on the Ukraine war have nothing to do with Trump.
Yes, I agree. putin wants to expand his empire.
If he gets Ukraine, he will take more...
“The deep state is always afraid of peace breaking out”
A realistic scenario I can imagine is some Russian site gets hit by a nuclear strike. Pro Zelensky people are jumping up and down with joy. Next NATO leaders say “Putin has nuked his own people.”
The pro Zelensky dummies believe it, and we’re headed into a very nasty time, just like Biden, Zelensky, and globalists want.
The United States and NATO disagree with your wanting Russia to add Ukraine to their start on rebuilding the global threat they want to be.
Ping
That didn’t make sense.
The United States and NATO want to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia.
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