Putin's Counter Revolution

[David Morris]

You think if Ukrane had nukes that would have changed the current situation
in Ukraines favor? So a new government in Kiev would have threatened to
launch the Big Ones if Russia stepped into Crimea?  That sounds like crazy
talk. Nukes versus boots on ground? God save us from that equation.

On Sunday, March 16, 2014, alice malice <alicewmalice at gmail.com> wrote:

> What's was needed, as Mearsheimer argued convincingly only a few years
> ago, was a greater nuclear deterrent; he was right that Ukraine needed a
> nuclear arsenal to defend itself against Russia's superior conventional
> army. Water under the bridge.  But the west has to punish Putin now. Punish
> his markets and economy. Let him have the mess in Syria. Iran won't turn
> back now. Move to defend and strengthen NATO, and punish that murdering
> thug.
>
> On Sunday, March 16, 2014, Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de');>>
> wrote:
>
>> With regard to the geopolitical aspects of the crisis, this may be of
>> interest:
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/14/opinion/getting-ukraine-
>> wrong.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1
>>
>> Thomas
>>
>
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