Russia and Ukraine

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Yeah, that might be something new - NATO nukes in Europe pointed at Russia. Good thing THAT’S never been the case, huh?

And I’m not sure why the US would put ICBMs in Taiwan. It’s less that 200km from China.

Boru

Then, please, humor me, what was the hubbub over the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The cases are not parallel. Russia is already in range of a nuclear strike by NATO. In 1962, the US might have reacted differently if Jamaica and Hispaniola were already pointing nukes at the US. That aside, Putin might - might - have had a case if the US was actually in the process of installing nuclear missile silos in Ukraine. 

But that’s all moot, since the prospect of Ukraine eventually maybe someday joining NATO wasn’t Putin’s stated reason for the war.

Boru