[Long Jon No Silver]

P.S. there a *hitload of African countries just waiting for the Good Cop to jump in. Go right ahead

[Zhang Fei]

[P.S. there a *hitload of African countries just waiting for the Good Cop to jump in. Go right ahead]

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Our policy has mostly been if you kill large numbers of Americans the way Gaddafi did, we might or might not come after you. But you’ll be looking over your shoulder for the rest of your life.

[Zhang Fei]

[P.S. there a *hitload of African countries just waiting for the Good Cop to jump in. Go right ahead]

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I don’t think you understand what’s at stake in Ukraine. It’s not a matter of principles. The issue is a Russian victory means Russia’s manpower goes up by 1/3. Russia becomes stronger, and the West becomes weaker. That’s 40m people available to man Russia’s armies and to produce supplies for those armies.

Let me reach back in history for an example - during Alexander’s campaigns, he conquered one polity after another. He committed numerous atrocities against the cities that chose to resist by fighting behind city walls instead of surrendering or facing him in the open on the battlefield - slaughtering the men and selling the women and children into slavery:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thebes#Destruction_of_Thebes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Persian_Gate#Aftermath

At every stage in his campaigns, his armies incorporated the people from the defeated kingdoms. It got to the point that he killed one of his closest aides, Cleitus, who was incensed over his use of Persian recruits.

Nobody cares about African disputes because they’re not in a position to pose a real threat. Russia is right next to Europe. A Russia that owns Europe is a Russia with a bigger economy and a bigger population than the US. Even Hitler had to start small - with Czechoslovakia. Russia is starting out with a land mass 50x Germany’s and a population 2x Germany’s. We don’t need Russia getting any bigger.