CERN drafts plans to idle accelerators due to Europe’s energy crunch

Re:CERN drafts plans to idle accelerators due to Europe’s en... by YawningAngel on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @01:46PM (#32740499)

I agree that Ukraine wanted to join NATO, but that isn't the same thing as that aim being likely to be realised. Putin's calculus is his own to know and I don't think his claims about why he does things can be taken at face value

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Re:CERN drafts plans to idle accelerators due to Europe’s en... by danbruc on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @01:52PM (#32740579)

Why would he lie? And if he lies, what would the alternative reasons be and why would he not want to spell them out?

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Re:CERN drafts plans to idle accelerators due to Europe’s en... by jcranmer on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @02:09PM (#32740817)

> what would the alternative reasons be and why would he not want to spell them out?

He has spelled it out before--he believes that Ukrainians are really Russians, and therefore Ukraine should not exist as a separate country because why divide a nation in two.

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Re:CERN drafts plans to idle accelerators due to Europe’s en... by danbruc on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @02:20PM (#32740990)

I had this discussion a few days ago and I read the entire essay Putin wrote - if this is the best evidence for the reuniting a nation explanation, then I am not convinced at all. Compared to decades of opposition against NATO expansion this is laughable evidence. Go, read it [1] if you have not.

[1] http://www.en.kremlin.ru/misc/66182

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Re:CERN drafts plans to idle accelerators due to Europe’s en... by effie on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @09:36PM (#32759915)

Is this a serious question? Politicians lie all the time! Why? To get support, or to minimize resistance. And Putin manipulates and lies very well.

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