When the hell did I say anything about appeasement? I’m the one here calling for the Ukraine to be admitted to NATO immediately. And I’m not so sure we’ll live. We still have to stand up to their aggression, but lucky doesn’t have much to do with nukes. Our missile defenses aren’t built to handle the numbers they can throw. I spent a lot of years in the business so I have personal knowledge of the field, if perhaps not completely current. Time to get VERY SERIOUS here.
Yeah, we had none until Bush pulled out of the treaty with Putin, pissing him off to no end...LOL. You think maybe he saw this coming? I think they did.
I addressed you because you are worried about having a nuke drop on your head, and that is something I lived with throughout the cold war.
I learned two things during that time. 1. & 2. You cannot appease a Russian, and that means not fearing the Bear, or what the Bear might do.
If you want a third one, it's when a Russians mouth is moving, he is lying.
The point is that Bush is doing everything we can do, and we don't want war, but will also will no longer be intimidated. That's what condi meant when she said it's no longer the 60s and you are not getting away with it if we can stop it.
So don't worry to much, as there is really nothing you can do except support the country at this time. Whatever happens, happens.
That's what we did before, and it ain't easy but it doable.