The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains visceral and urgent

Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by finid on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @04:23PM (#14101379)

Actually because of the restraint Russia has been showing in the last few years, I hold their leadership in very high regard.

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Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by int_19h on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @06:22PM (#14102281)

Russia was the first country in Europe to invade and annex a part of a neighboring country since, what, WW2? If that's restraint, I hesitate to ask what the lack of it would look like.

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Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by jacquesm on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @06:34PM (#14102361)

Turkey, Cyprus.

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Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by int_19h on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @06:57PM (#14102527)

Turkey didn't annex Northern Cyprus. Nor did Albania annex Kosovo, nor Russia itself annexed South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Transnistria before.

It's the combination of invasion and annexation - effectively, waging war for a formally acknowledged territorial gain - that makes the situation in Crimea unique post WW2.

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Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by jacquesm on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @07:00PM (#14102549)

Well, technically it was Greece that tried the annexation and Turkey does maintain a large military on Cyprus.

But you're right, the Crimea is both in scale, scope and ambition on a different level.

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Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by PhasmaFelis on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:59AM (#14104278)

Which restraint would that be?

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