Originally Posted by Redundant
Putin officially denies that those soldiers are Russian. It's just another tool to annoy the West.
Ok, but that does not change that the population loves them. Obviously they are Russian. What do you think the soldiers are doing there? They occupy crimea (with the population's consent). I don't think they're there for any other reason than preserve crimea, maybe until the bridge is built.
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If it had to escalate in a third world war, wouldn't that bring out nuclear weaponry which could end up killing most/all of the world's population?
If you think about it, even if the nuclear bombs/weapons don't hit our country, the gases will still travel within the Earth's atmosphere, therefore making it impossible to live.
Do you think this would happen if it had to escalate to World War III?
If you think about it, even if the nuclear bombs/weapons don't hit our country, the gases will still travel within the Earth's atmosphere, therefore making it impossible to live.
Do you think this would happen if it had to escalate to World War III?
<Icky> Butler is the worst es
<Reta> can I fire him yet ?
<Reta> can I fire him yet ?
Originally Posted by Butler153
If it had to escalate in a third world war, wouldn't that bring out nuclear weaponry which could end up killing most/all of the world's population?
If you think about it, even if the nuclear bombs/weapons don't hit our country, the gases will still travel within the Earth's atmosphere, therefore making it impossible to live.
Do you think this would happen if it had to escalate to World War III?
No. Three things about nuclear holocaust (a lot of nuclear weapons used in a short timespan) are deadly, in order from least powerful to most powerful.
1) Initial blast
2) Nuclear fallout that travels with the wind (poisonous or radiactive particles)
3) Nuclear winter. The dust created by all these explosions would block off sunlight for a long time (multiple years) causing life on earth to become extremely difficult.
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Arglax: you missed the third side in your big post, USA.
They still want to get Ukraine join NATO and to place their rockets there. Basically that's what they are doing now (see Kerry's arrival to Kiev) when offering the Ukrainian government $1 billion.
Also there's another "big player" who is still not taking any actions, China. I'm pretty sure that when the situation becomes really serious (and not exaggerated by the press) they will say their word.
They still want to get Ukraine join NATO and to place their rockets there. Basically that's what they are doing now (see Kerry's arrival to Kiev) when offering the Ukrainian government $1 billion.
Also there's another "big player" who is still not taking any actions, China. I'm pretty sure that when the situation becomes really serious (and not exaggerated by the press) they will say their word.
Originally Posted by Arglax
Ok, but that does not change that the population loves them. Obviously they are Russian. What do you think the soldiers are doing there? They occupy crimea (with the population's consent). I don't think they're there for any other reason than preserve crimea, maybe until the bridge is built.
Saying the population loves them is a bit of a stretch.
There are a lot of pro EU protests, a lot of pro Russian celebrations as well.
They may not be in the same region, but the country is one.
If people in Crimea consent to become part of Russia again that's another thing, but it shouldn't be initiated by Russians exploiting the current situation and moving thousands of soldiers in.
I doubt Putin is doing it for altruistic reasons.
How are you?
