Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tells Blinken

Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by david422 on Monday March 07, 2022 @10:42AM (#30589068)

If nobody launches a nuclear retaliation, then Russia knows it can nuke with impunity. What are the rules they are playing with? Literally just hope they don't invade or nuke London first.

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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by blub on Monday March 07, 2022 @10:54AM (#30589243)

Well, they probably can’t nuke Western Europe with impunity.

But it’s not clear what NATO membership’s really worth for Eastern Europe. I’m from EE and I don’t understand why the US or the UK would risk their countries or even WE getting nuked for EE.

I have the feeling that EE was accepted into NATO just to piss off the Russians and put some space between them and WE. Just like with Ukraine before it went sideways.

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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by stjohnswarts on Monday March 07, 2022 @01:58PM (#30591841)

Because we know that we aren't far behind if such a madman is allowed to exist. It's better to go out with a boom than let a dictator win. --Love, an american

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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by Koshkin on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:50PM (#30590994)

> invade or nuke London first

I don't think that's the plan. Also, no one is going to use tactical nukes against a city. The last thing Putin wants is to look like a mere terrorist. (And no, the Russian forces aren't using terrorist tactics in Ukraine.) So, the first one will probably be used against a military installation (a weapons depot, a radar station, a war ship, etc.), most likely in Poland.

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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by micromacrofoot on Monday March 07, 2022 @03:45PM (#30593116)

They're already committing war crimes in Ukraine.

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