RE: Russia and Ukraine
May 7, 2023 at 9:32 am
(This post was last modified: May 7, 2023 at 9:34 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(May 7, 2023 at 1:15 am)purplepurpose Wrote: USA wants Ukraine to host NATO Black sea fleet, not russian fleet.
You have a source for this claim? Basing NATO ships in Ukraine would be problematic in the sense that if NATO gets involved in a shooting war, Turkey could deny those warships passage. And even though Turkey is a member of NATO, given Erdogan's recent behavior, I'm not sure he'd approve all warship movements. And as @Helios points out, NATO already has Black Sea access through member nations.
(May 7, 2023 at 1:15 am)purplepurpose Wrote: What would USA do if russians wanted to build military ports in mexico and wanted to host their navy there? Cheer?
We'd probably use diplomatic and economic pressure to thwart that. I'm pretty sure we wouldn't kill, torture, and kidnap tens of thousands of Mexican civilians in an unjustified invasion.