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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm slightly worried about the really big guns russia supposedly have, but only slightly. At this point, it's not like there's a big red "launch" button on putin's desk; it'd have to go through a few people that may have the actual big picture in their mind.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

We bought those people off decades ago, all their yachts, townhouses and other decent shit is as far from Russia as possible.

But if they see they can back us down and let them invade a country by waving nukes, they will be greatly encouraged to do so again, the cost/benefit ratio is far too high, they're getting something for literally nothing.

This is exactly how world wars start.