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Just_a_Moth
Canada1948 Posts
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Mohdoo
United States15664 Posts
On February 24 2022 13:43 Just_a_Moth wrote: I am surprised they just went straight for Kyiv, but I don't know anything about geopolitics/war stuff. When all the world will do is tweet condemnation, why not just go for it? It’s free. | ||
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Dav1oN
Ukraine3164 Posts
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Archile
United States403 Posts
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Lmui
Canada6213 Posts
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maybenexttime
Poland5544 Posts
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Starlightsun
United States1405 Posts
On February 24 2022 14:31 maybenexttime wrote: I hope NATO decides to intervene. It's better to stop the madman before it gets really out of hand. At the very least, we should sanction them into oblivion. Belarus as well. | ||
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Vindicare605
United States16056 Posts
Stay safe out there my Ukranian Starcraft friends. I don't have even the slightest idea of where this is all going but I hope everyone can stay as safe as possible and that it's over quickly. | ||
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maybenexttime
Poland5544 Posts
They don't have anything worth sanctioning. It's a Russian puppet completely reliant on Russia economically. | ||
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Vindicare605
United States16056 Posts
On February 24 2022 14:48 maybenexttime wrote: They don't have anything worth sanctioning. It's a Russian puppet completely reliant on Russia economically. They've been getting sanctioned already by the EU for years now too last I checked. | ||
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plasmidghost
Belgium16168 Posts
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plasmidghost
Belgium16168 Posts
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TheLordofAwesome
Korea (South)2616 Posts
On February 24 2022 14:31 maybenexttime wrote: I hope NATO decides to intervene. It's better to stop the madman before it gets really out of hand. At the very least, we should sanction them into oblivion. Are you kidding me? USA declares war on Russia, the world ends in a nuclear holocaust. Worst case scenario right there, including for everyone in Ukraine Putin's not a madman. He wants to restore the Russian Empire. He made that very clear in his hourlong history speech a day or two ago. | ||
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r00ty
Germany1050 Posts
The cold war is back and the west was never that divided in my lifetime. On February 24 2022 15:07 TheLordofAwesome wrote: + Show Spoiler + On February 24 2022 14:31 maybenexttime wrote: I hope NATO decides to intervene. It's better to stop the madman before it gets really out of hand. At the very least, we should sanction them into oblivion. Are you kidding me? USA declares war on Russia, the world ends in a nuclear holocaust. Worst case scenario right there, including for everyone in Ukraine Putin's not a madman. He wants to restore the Russian Empire. He made that very clear in his hourlong history speech a day or two ago. Russian government just threatened the west with consequences "we have never seen before". | ||
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plasmidghost
Belgium16168 Posts
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Jealous
10138 Posts
Would Russia attack unarmed people should Ukraine choose to surrender? I would like to think "No." If that is true, then maybe laying down your arms is the best answer. Obviously, if I'm wrong, then that would be a fatal mistake too. Seems they are pretty fucked either way. On February 24 2022 15:11 plasmidghost wrote: Does this mean military defenses from other nations? https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1496728317969539076 No. Even he is not asking for military assistance. | ||
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TheLordofAwesome
Korea (South)2616 Posts
On February 24 2022 15:11 plasmidghost wrote: Does this mean military defenses from other nations? https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1496728317969539076 Really wouldn't put much store in Zelensky's tweets. US/Europe won't even sanction most Russian oil/gas (maaaybe NordStream2). You think they are going to fight for Ukraine now? After Zelensky has done literally nothing to prepare his own nation for this war, which he was publicly warned was coming for months and repeatedly laughed off? After Putin threatened to nuke anyone who intervened? At most this tweet means that the US/British arms lift to Ukraine might continue. But even that probably won't. | ||
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maybenexttime
Poland5544 Posts
On February 24 2022 15:07 TheLordofAwesome wrote: Are you kidding me? USA declares war on Russia, the world ends in a nuclear holocaust. Worst case scenario right there, including for everyone in Ukraine Then don't declare war. Send peacekeeping troops into Ukraine and beat back any invading forces. Impose air superiority on Ukraine's behalf. If Putin is not a madman, it won't escalate into a nuclear war. If he is, it'll spiral into WW3 eventually. Let's not repeat the same mistake we made before WW2. Putin's not a madman. He wants to restore the Russian Empire. He made that very clear in his hourlong history speech a day or two ago. His diatribe was full of historical revisionism and conspiracy theories. | ||
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Jealous
10138 Posts
On February 24 2022 15:15 maybenexttime wrote: Then don't declare war. Send peacekeeping troops into Ukraine and beat back any invading forces. Impose air superiority on Ukraine's behalf. If Putin is not a madman, it won't escalate into a nuclear war. If he is, it'll spiral into WW3 eventually. Let's not repeat the same mistake we made before WW2. Let's not make the mistakes that led to WWI which led to WWII, either. | ||
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TheLordofAwesome
Korea (South)2616 Posts
On February 24 2022 15:15 maybenexttime wrote: Then don't declare war. Send peacekeeping troops into Ukraine and beat back any invading forces. Impose air superiority on Ukraine's behalf. If Putin is not a madman, it won't escalate into a nuclear war. If he is, it'll spiral into WW3 eventually. Let's not repeat the same mistake we made before WW2. His diatribe was full of historical revisionism and conspiracy theories. Oh so if you don't call it war, it isn't one. Putin didn't declare war on Ukraine this morning. He's sending peacekeepers there right now. How do you impose air superiority on Ukraine's behalf? By killing the Russian Air Force with the US Air Force. Only way to do it. That's war, plain and simple. That war ends with nuclear missiles obliterating human life as we know it. Putin's speech contained lots of historical revisionism. Doesn't make him insane. Lots of Russian nationalists think the way he does. | ||
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