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In reply to the discussion: Please help me understand something. WHY aren't we bombing that convoy? [View all]calimary
(81,267 posts)From my on-the-fly scribbled notes:
"The only way to enforce a "no fly zone" is to make it a war zone."
"The only way to make it worse is if the U.S got into a shooting war with the Russians."
"No one wold feel like they won."
And another viewing of the movie "Fail Safe" was recommended.
Fail Safe is a 1964 Cold War thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. The film follows a crisis caused by a critical error that sends a group of U.S. bombers to destroy Moscow, and the ensuing attempts to stop the bomber group before it can deploy a nuclear first strike. The film features performances by actors Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Larry Hagman, Fritz Weaver, Dana Elcar, Dom DeLuise and Sorrell Booke.
In 2000, the novel was adapted again as a televised play starring George Clooney, Richard Dreyfuss and Noah Wyle, and broadcast live in black and white on CBS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail_Safe_(1964_film)
Tom Nichols, writing in The Atlantic, ( "Stay Calm, America" )
"...the only way Putin can save himself from his own fiasco is to bait the West into an attack. Nothing would help him more, at home or abroad, than if the United States or any other NATO country where to enter direct hostilities with Russian forces.
Putin would then use the conflict to rally his people and threaten conventional and nuclear attacks against NATO. He would become a hero at home, and Ukraine would be forgotten."
Stay Calm, America
Putins violence may still get worse. But Americans shouldnt root for a dangerous escalation of hostilities.
By Tom Nichols
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/stay-calm-and-dont-advocate-war-against-putin/624169/
I want, and need, to hear ALL the arguments that there are - in favor of restraint. Reminders like that will help my mind, my reasoning, my understanding, and my conscience. And I appreciate, DEEPLY-DEEPLY-DEEPLY, all the input in this thread.
Smart, level-headed people post here. Fortunately, cooler heads prevail here, too.