Re: Ukraine's Curve Ball

On Sat, 10 Aug 2024, JAB wrote:

On Sat, 10 Aug 2024 11:29:49 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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But it seems like the world wants to torture Ukraine by giving them just
enough military help and resources to allow them to barely survive, but
definitely not enough to win the war, thus ensuring the maximum amount of
pain and death.

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I believe the same might apply when US was in South Vietnam...not a
full scale war effort.  In Ukraine, their allies may not want to upset
Russia to where the nuke card is used.

Yes, but the world needs to learn that the nuke card issue is a non-issue. Putin might think it is a good idea, but his oligarchs want nothing more than to just enjoy being billionaires again in western europe and on the french riviera, and the moment Putin will reach for the button is the moment they will kill him. They have more to lose than Putin, so they still care.
I'm also certain, although I cannot prove it of course, that there is plenty of silent opposition who are just waiting for the right moment, and they would also see a button grab as a great time to take over with the best good wishes from the western world.

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Towards the end of US's involvement,
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"Why did the US bomb Hanoi?
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Two days after the 16 December deadline had passed, the U.S. bombed
Hanoi. Senior Air Force officers James R. McCarthy and George B.
Allison stated years later that the operation had been mainly
politically driven, as a negotiation tool to "bring the point home"
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Linebacker_II>
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I am convinced, that if Nato and/or Europe decided on a blitz in the early
spring, Moscow and Putin would quickly fall and the war will be over.

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A nuke card issue there...
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