Anne ApplebaumLet Ukraine strike back
JanPV@anneapplebaum I can see both sides of the argument.
In the end, Putin is probably going to leave us with no choice to strike back, whether Ukraine or the wider world.
Putin is currently proposing to change his nuclear policy towards one of justifying a first strike.
This could be bluster. But then again, he has long been understood as someone who can't be seen to lose. So it's more likely to be real.
helgenug@helgenug Conclusion? I doubt someone like me could reach a fully-informed, justified conclusion. That's a matter for the military and what their intelligence tells them. Clearly, allowing Putin to do as he pleases is only going to encourage further, wider attacks.
Hash@JanPV @anneapplebaum
It is not Putin but his psychophants. They will not do nuclear for fear. Or else they would have done so already.
It is not Putin but his psychophants. They will not do nuclear for fear. Or else they would have done so already.
Pedestriansfirst@anneapplebaum How about arming the Palestinians and letting them defend themselves. #Gaza #WestBank
Didzis 🚂@pedestrians1st How is this relevant to @anneapplebaum discussion on Ukraine?
Steve CuthbertIf the US administration is afraid of being seen to be taking escalatory actions, simply put the onus on Putin:
"If you use foreign supplied weapons in Ukraine, we will allow Ukraine to use our weapons in Russia"
Wilfried KlaebePootin already uses iranian drones... so why wait?
Peter Lee@stevecut @anneapplebaum
I like this approach- it provides perfect symmetry and is clearly unarguable.
I like this approach- it provides perfect symmetry and is clearly unarguable.
Peter Puhl@anneapplebaum China is watching the USA's hesitation with great interest and is drawing its own conclusions regarding Taiwan.
George@anneapplebaum Enough is enough, why does Russia get to use drones from Turkey (a NATO "Allie") and ballistic missiles from Iran, munitions from communist China and North Korea, but Ukraine has to take the moral high ground and not bomb the crap out of Russia? are your people being murdered by a psychopathic megalomaniac named Putin? then f**k off.
Tytkoslovakia@anneapplebaum
Všetci by sa mali zobrať a vrátiť domov k rodinám. Potom tak mesiac truchliť . Následne začať normálne žiť. Myslím si , že 100 rokov zadarmo plyn a ropa pre Ukrajinu vyrieši odškodnenie. Tí čo za to môžu o tom vedia . Koľko talentovanejších a potrebnejších ľudí si siahlo na život. Možno to urobia aj oni.
Všetci by sa mali zobrať a vrátiť domov k rodinám. Potom tak mesiac truchliť . Následne začať normálne žiť. Myslím si , že 100 rokov zadarmo plyn a ropa pre Ukrajinu vyrieši odškodnenie. Tí čo za to môžu o tom vedia . Koľko talentovanejších a potrebnejších ľudí si siahlo na život. Možno to urobia aj oni.
AdamAnd provide them with an air defense shield
Captainrob@anneapplebaum #warpigs gonna pig out on more war. Why do you want things to escalate? More death and destruction is all that will come. Find an end to it, stop feeding the war pigs.