Internet Backbone Giant Lumen Shuns .RU

Re:Internet Backbone Giant Lumen Shuns .RU by awb on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:22PM (#30610548)

Kennedy was able to blockade Cuba without the conflict escalating into nuclear war, so there is precedent.

I honestly don’t see the strategic value in launching a 1st strike for an altercation outside your own territory. If Putin wants territory or a legacy, launching nukes is a failure because:

1) no one is around to care, or those that survived will always hate you

2) you end up destroying the very territory you wanted

But then again, you’re only wrong once.

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Re:Internet Backbone Giant Lumen Shuns .RU by blagie on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @11:01AM (#30615921)

You're wrong only once, but assuming:

1) Putin is crazy enough to launch nukes; and 2) that Russian nukes work in the first place

Which decision is more likely to trigger Putin to launch nukes is still an open question.

My tactical analysis says appeasement is most likely to avoid nukes tomorrow. My strategic analysis says that containment is the right strategy to avoid nukes in my lifetime. Aggression can't be rewarded.

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