• nutsack@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    nobody wins or loses. it’s decades of civilian deaths and economic devastation, until someone decides to quit. people think everything is ww2 it’s just not like that.

    • Beemo Dinosaurierfuß@feddit.de
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      8 months ago

      Good job repeating russian propaganda.

      Edit: Not that I care about internet points.
      But the thought that opposing russia would lead to nuclear war is exactly what Putin wants people in the west to think to keep bullying and suppressing everyone around him.

      He is bluffing though and he knows it.

      He said delivering supplies to Ukraine was the red line.
      He didn’t react when we did.

      He said delivering arms to Ukraine was the red line.
      He didn’t react when we did.

      He said delivering tanks to Ukraine was the red line.
      He didn’t react when we did.

      He said delivering planes to Ukraine was the red line.
      He didn’t react when we did.

      Because he can’t. He knows he would lose everything.

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        8 months ago

        russia has a massive population and a wartime economy. in some ways it’s bigger than all the european nato countries combined. the idea that they would just fall over is absolutely western propaganda.

        putin can suck my balls but he’s not an idiot.

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          8 months ago

          Russia can’t even take on a former client state, their military is a joke compared to any single NATO member. They’re not a near peer for the US, maybe a near peer for some of the lesser NATO members. Russia would lose any conventional war against NATO without question. They barely have the personnel to fight Ukraine, they’re not going to be able to go after NATO. Hell, how much of their black sea fleet is left above water? And that’s against a country that doesn’t even have a goddamn Navy.

          The only way they would bring out nukes is if we invaded Russia proper. Which I don’t think anyone is stupid enough to do.

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            8 months ago

            NATO vs Russia would be like the Iraq War on steroids. All of their planes would be grounded and their troops in Ukraine would surrender in huge numbers. Drones would not help Russia because NATO troops would move too quickly.

            Look at what happened in the first Gulf War. Saddam’s elite Republican Guard troops were destroyed by air and artillery fire, then mopped up in the largest tank battles since WW2.

            Saddam had 1 million troops dug in defensively, fighting in territory they knew well, using many of the same weapons the Russians have now. His casualties were like 20% - 30%. Russia would be worse.