RE: Russia and Ukraine
January 24, 2022 at 3:02 pm
(This post was last modified: January 24, 2022 at 3:04 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(January 24, 2022 at 2:45 pm)Nomad Wrote:(January 24, 2022 at 2:15 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: For russia, Ukraine joining nato is national death for russia.
How? Seriously, how?
The idea that Ukraine joining NATO is death to Russia is seriously pro-Putain bullshit and is generally peddled only by his supporters on the far-right.
No, Ukraine joining the NATO means NATO can put offensive medium range weapons 500 km from Moscow that can reach Moscow in 4-5 minutes, Russian nuclear arsenal becomes totally worthless because Russian can not defend against, can not even react to, a decapitating first strike. Russia stops being a significant power able to pursue its own agenda.
That is the ground reality that matters to Russia, not bullshit.
If you think that is bullshit, then maybe you should ask why Kennedy risked nuclear war to prevent the Soviet Union from basing offensive weapons not 500km, but 1500km from Washington DC in 1963.