• Hylactor@sopuli.xyz
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    11 days ago

    This about face on Russia from Trunp coupled with his unsubtle efforts to stiffle Epstein talk, has me hopeful that Putin is threatening Trunp with some sort of exposure.

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      11 days ago

      Erm… As much as I agree with the sentiment, there’s a whole host of likely outcomes that are very fucking bad if this happens

      MAD is the justification of countries having nuclear arsenals

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        11 days ago

        Ukraine already struck Moscow I think a least 2-3 times…

        Russia did nothing but normies sure do love talking about mad, makes them feel sophisticated 🤡

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          Russia thinks it can beat Ukraine with conventional forces, though. Or, at minimum, that it can retaliate against Ukraine with them. Russia might be and hopefully is wrong if Ukraine’s supporters hold firm and don’t fuck about, but the Russian government and military can reasonably hold that position

          The US, though? There’s fuck all that Russia can do to the US with conventional forces

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          Yes and the fact that Ukraine has been de-nuclearised since 1994 is not anything to do with this at all 🤡