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Re:Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by... by KptMarchewa on Friday August 16, 2024 @09:29AM (#41266251)
Those damn Ukrainians, trying insolently to live their lives next to russian capital.
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Re:Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by... by DSingularity on Saturday August 17, 2024 @08:00AM (#41273863)
Really? It’s absolutely not that Ukrainians are cooperating with western lunatics trying to undermine MAD by deploying nuclear capable weapon systems all over the Russian borders?

MAD prevented WW3. What do you think happens if the US thinks it can cause significantly more harm to China and Russia through first strikes?

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Re:Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by... by aguaviva on Saturday August 17, 2024 @02:45PM (#41276894)
By deploying nuclear capable weapon systems all over the Russian borders?

There's no evidence for the existence of such a plan.

And (prior to the invasion) there wasn't even an active plan to bring Ukraine into NATO. It was taken firmly off the table in 2008.

It's just a dictator lying to you, and his own people. It's what they do for breakfast.

This really shouldn't come as any kind of a surprise.

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Re:Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by... by DSingularity on Sunday August 18, 2024 @03:59AM (#41280882)
Maybe you haven’t noticed recently how there already western weapon systems actively striking targets within Russia. Those same systems can deliver nuclear payloads.

So what your are saying is a falsehood based on the current realities on the ground.

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Re:Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by... by aguaviva on Sunday August 18, 2024 @12:03PM (#41283157)
Those same systems can deliver nuclear payloads.

Which, specifically?

I suppose any of the thousands of regular aircraft that Ukraine has "could" deliver a nuclear payload. But that would be a pretty stupid way to launch a first strike, and doesn't change the MAD equation in any way.

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