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In reply to the discussion: It's bad and getting worse (edited to add more) [View all]Codifer
(548 posts)25. Sadly.
To avoid invasion a country must have a nuclear arsenal of sufficient size to initiate total annihilation. At that very point the country becomes in invader and not a defender. It is how that capability can be misused by shithead leadership that presents the problem. I don't know how that problem can be solved.
The good news is that any leader, shithead or not, who would actually make the threat of total destruction true, would have to be totally bat shit crazy.
Oh wait..
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It is excruciating. I agree with you. We usually respect treaties? I do not agree.
Magoo48
Mar 2022
#8
Russia Expert Fiona Hill Reveals How It Could All Go South For Vladimir Putin
SleeplessinSoCal
Mar 2022
#28
No that is the way Putin kills people. He will more than likely get shot by by somebody around him.
Botany
Mar 2022
#37
The millions of war refugees and civilian dead of Yemen and Syria, spare a thought also?
Alexander Of Assyria
Mar 2022
#14
Thank you. As to say the truth...ethnocentric media coverage is the root cause of
Alexander Of Assyria
Mar 2022
#30
Probably wasnt her position in the first place...don't know...but first the outrage, then the truth.
Alexander Of Assyria
Mar 2022
#31
The Ukrainians will probably eventually succumb to the sheer weight of Russia's military
COL Mustard
Mar 2022
#22