Lucky Luke
Well-Known Member
Maybe. Going by the maps it looks like a bit of a stale mate atm and Russia and Ukraine seem to be settled in for a long war.When Russia is defeated and driven from Ukraine, they won't have anything in the tank, or any tanks for that matter. How many Russians die is up to the Ukrainians, they are the ones killing them at a horrific rate and ratio. Expert opinion that I follow has them clearing mainland Ukraine by fall or before and cutting off Crimea to take the following summer, or this one if they are lucky on the mainland and make a quick job of the Russians. There is an increased risk of nuclear war, but if you have an understanding of what will happen to the Russians and Russia (extinction) the chances are low, Vlad and everybody in the chain of command knows, the Americans made sure they understand. Europe is all in on this war and of course people are going to go about their lives, but the war in Europe is right next door and the eastern Europeans have very strong feelings about it, having lived under Russia's thumb. It is an imperialist war of aggression by an imperialist empire, and a violation of the UN charter and international law nothing more, Countries like ours who live by the rule of law (quibble if you wish) must enforce international law while supporting another liberal democracy that lives by the rule of law and has a great PR campaign! Countries used to just have interests, not friends, but in this increasingly interconnected world public opinion counts a lot, as does shared values, so these days friends count a lot.
In a lot of cases a large scale nuclear war could be a good thing. It reduces the worlds population like the Great wars and Spanish flu did (perhaps like covid could of if it wasn't for clever scientists) but in fraction of the time. Leading to more resources for the survivors and a period of world wide growth. Fish stocks might even recover substantially after their steady decline over the decades. With the Y chromosome disappearing it may mean that the human population would be a lot smaller even many generations after. It might just save the earth.
Russia is the president of the UN at the moment.
Its certainly interesting times we live in and get to comment on due to our free speech and press.
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