Putin's Counter Revolution

[alice malice]

That is the equation.  If Putin marches into a NATO sate, he's start
WWIII, and nukes will be in play sure.

On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 10:45 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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>
>> 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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