| | | Nukes on alert is not particularly alarming to me when you consider that negotiations have been scheduled. And aren’t they always on some sort of alert? It would be awfully negligent on both sides’ part to lower their nuclear guard.
As far as I can tell, we are not concerned, no warnings, no counter-alert, everything status quo. Ho, hum.
Leverage play, I should think.
Grandstanding, theater to make things look worse than they are for some unfathomable reasons.
I’m not impressed, particularly when nukes self-deter and would be used as an absolute last resort in a truly existential situation. The conflict in Ukraine just doesn’t fit that bill.
While any casualties are to be deplored, it seems that the ferocity of invasion has been exaggerated. All the breathless media reporting would suggest a massive fight with huge civilian and military casualties. It’s not quite that.
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The sanctions, including withdrawal from SWIFT for ‘some’ banks, and de-certification of Nordstream 2, ‘for now,’ sound really tough but in reality appear less significant than advertised.
Suggesting to me that the actual conflict, while deplorable, might not be as deadly or as large as suggested. If Putin were serious, one would think that he’d easily be in Kyiv by now.
Who wins what may be a puffed up war?
Biden, who has hyped this thing up since inception. The US has no strategic interest at stake, but he needs a win desperately, otherwise mid-terms are a disaster for Dems. Putin, who will probably get a puppet government and Ukraine’s resources.
It almost seems to me that Biden and Putin might be dancing to the same tune, each ready to declare victory soon enough, and reap the rewards of victory.
Hey, maybe by the time the SOU message is made. Wouldn’t that be a coincidence? |
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