Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
by overstay8930 on Friday February 28, 2025 @03:41PM
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Russia is basically calling the West's bluff that they won't use nukes to enforce their ideology and Russia won. Everyone wants to talk big until it comes time to actually enforce words.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
by DennisP on Friday February 28, 2025 @04:12PM
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I don't think the West ever threatened a nuclear response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Russia, however, repeatedly threatened a nuclear response to the West's military assistance to Ukraine. Those were the bluffs that got called.
Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
by Someone on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:29PM
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> I don't think the West ever threatened a nuclear response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
I think so, too, but I also think it’s likely that, through silent diplomacy, there was a clear message “if you nuke the Ukraine, there will be a response in kind”.
Without the USA, it’s hard to keep that message, though. Neither England nor France can respond in kind to a tactical nuclear weapon, as they don’t have any.