If American or NATO forces start shooting with Russian military it would project us into a new world. The whole situation could easily escalate into a nuclear conflict. The problem is that given the rapid technology involved there would be a compulsion to act swiftly and pre-emptively.
LC On Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 5:13:41 PM UTC-6 Bruce wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 10:04 AM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's not a question of sympathy, but of utility. >> > > What would happen if NATO launched an all-out cruise missile assault on > Moscow and Petersburg? Not nuclear, purely conventional. No "boots on the > ground", but some serious rethinking needed on Russia's part. Just as the > retaliatory British bombing of Berlin in WW2 caused Hitler to loose his > cool and gave Britain an advantage. Of course, Putin might respond with a > nuclear assault, but that would certainly render his empire plans futile. > It would be a gamble, but I think the odds would be in favour of making > Putin pause rather than escalating further. > > Bruce > >> >> Brent >> >> On 2/26/2022 2:58 PM, John Clark wrote: >> >> On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 5:41 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> * > I'm fine with seizing the money of Putin and his oligarch buddies. >>> I'm less sanguine about just impoverishing the Russian people. * >>> >> >> When one country decides to make war on it's neighbor misery is the >> inevitable result, certainly the people of Ukraine are feeling it and >> I'm certain the people of Russia will too. Call me a monster if you want >> but at this moment I feel far less sympathy for the invading country >> than the country being invaded. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/b855c3b8-ff17-4829-bff8-5ade780d7109n%40googlegroups.com.
