Russia and Ukraine

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

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Well, we fought a world war over a useless slab of Austrian royalty. Ukraine is significantly more important (on several levels).

Boru

So that's why we want to.. air quotes.. help Ukraine? Because of the geo-political interests involved, and not because we care so much about Ukrainian lives like Western media is telling me? That's why Putin invaded in the first place and has killed tens of thousands. Because of your geo-political goals and poking at the bear. And WW3 might be a whole other ball of wax than previous world wars. We have a nuclear armed world now and mutually assured destruction in nuclear warfare is not an idea to just scoff at.

How would the US like it if one of the countries on their border, Mexico or Canada, turned anti-American and became top allies with Russia or were pro-China but anti-America?

Yes, that’s exactly why - geopolitics. Whatever the stated reasons given out for public consumption, wars are ALWAYS political (Clausewitz). There are no exceptions. This is something informed people know.

And as much as I respect Chomsky, he’s fallen down the rabbit hole of thinking that each and every European conflict is going to trigger a world war. Out if the hundreds of armed European conflicts, three have become global. Three.

Could Russia use nukes in Europe? Possible, but not very likely. Putin is clever enough to grasp that Russia could never beat NATO in either a conventional or nuclear conflict, and that the consequences for Russia would be far, far worse than for the alliance.

As for your scenario of Mexico or Canada aligning with Russia, I doubt very much that the US would like it, but I doubt even more that the US would launch a military invasion in response. The Americans tend to focus more on economic power (or ‘bribery’ if you prefer that term) these days to get their way in the world.

Boru