The Russian Invasion of the Ukraine.

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[*] The video is 1:26 hours, but Mearsheimer's actual analysis starts after 5 minutes, and he is done at 44 minutes, after which he takes questions.

Could you just give me the part where he lights Putin up for war crimes? I mean, he does spare a few seconds to at least that, right?

 

[gnome]

Yeah and I'd be hard pressed to imagine a less meaningfully enforceable law.

The observation was that the people in question took very seriously the question of following legal orders. Not so much relying on enforcement as wondering how those same people consider the legality.

 

[Stacyhs]

Chernobyl my ass. This plant is like 10 times bigger.

Probably should get those iodine tablets after all.

Reports are that nuclear power plant in the south of Ukraine is on fire.

 

[Delvo]

Maybe it's time to call Putin's bluff and bring a full stop to this nonsense

The best time would have been when Russia had its own traffic jam for miles on the road into Ukraine. The whole thing could have been rendered ineffective with a few hits at the front and a few more at the back.

 

[trustbutverify]

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/03/media/rt-america-layoffs/index.html

Maybe they can get a job that doesn't involve spreading Russian propaganda.

I'm crying on the inside.

 

[Doubt]

It appears the president of Belarus let slip that Moldova is getting invaded no matter what anyways. https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1498684008288423936 If you look close you can see red lines crossing into Moldova.

Nearby to Georgia is another small very oil rich former SSR, Azerbaijan. Have to wonder if they're next, or if they're already buddy buddy with Putin.

Azerbaijan is already a big buyer of Russian weapons.

 

[Olmstead]

Reports are that nuclear power plant in the south of Ukraine is on fire.

That's what I meant. If this one explodes it will make Chernobyl look like a bit of a bother.

 

[theprestige]

Nice. So this war might go nuclear still, bombs or not.
Maybe it's time to call Putin's bluff and bring a full stop to this nonsense before there's an honest to goodness repeat of Chernobyl in the south when some bonehead shells the reactor.

Presumably this plant hasn't had all of its safety mechanisms disabled in preparation for this event.

 

[trustbutverify]

Simon says taking a big step towards the brink, with your arms wide open, a big grin on your face, saying "come at me, bro" tends to do the trick. NATO bombing campaign when?
ETA: What I meant tho is that Putin has indicated he's willing to play at brinkmanship, but we don't have to take him at his word. There's more to that game than just saying you're willing to play it.

That would be the move. Calling Putin's bluff would definitely convince me NATO is willing to go all the way. Then we have two Mack trucks redlining straight at each other. I sure hope Putin decides to change lanes first.

 

[trustbutverify]

All that is a conspiracy to weaken Russia this is just too bad that Ukrainians be the victime

Ok, thanks.

 

[Jimbo07]

NATO: We're trying to avoid a nuclear accident!
Zaporizhzhia: Nuclear accident

 

[Wildy]

Estonia has 320,000 ethnic Russians in a population of 1.3m. The vast majority live near the Russian border on the North East and East, such as Narva, Harju and Ida-Viru.

Here's some useless information for you: the Swedish word for Estonia is Estland and the Estonian name is Eesti. The Finns call it Viro, and that is because it still uses the old world for Viru, see above, before it became the larger area that we know it as today.

The red bits on the wiki map are were the Estonian ethnic Russians live. IMV, should Putin get nasty with Estonia, perhaps just let him have the red bits, to save bloodshed and get thus get rid of the Russians in one go.

Question is if the Russians there want to become part of Russia.

 

[lobosrul5]

Wouldn't doing poorly in Ukraine change that battle plan?

If they can't take western Ukraine then Moldova is safe.

 

[Wildy]

If they can't take western Ukraine then Moldova is safe.

But not if they take southern Ukraine

 

[pzkpfw]

Radiation spreading from a broken nuclear power plant won't obey borders; could NATO see an attack on a nuclear power plant as a direct threat to member nations?

 

[trustbutverify]

Radiation spreading from a broken nuclear power plant won't obey borders; could NATO see an attack on a nuclear power plant as a direct threat to member nations?

This is just naked savagery.

 

[theprestige]

Radiation spreading from a broken nuclear power plant won't obey borders; could NATO see an attack on a nuclear power plant as a direct threat to member nations?

NATO could see the invasion of Ukraine as a direct threat to member nations, but chooses not to.

You seem to think NATO is looking for a good excuse to join the fight. It's pretty obvious that NATO is actually looking for excuses not to join the fight.

 

[Galaxie]

BNO News says the firefighters are now working at Zaporizhzhya and the radiation levels are normal.

Any incident at Zaporizhzhya would be along the lines of Fukushima, not Chernobyl.

 

[kookbreaker]

All that is a conspiracy to weaken Russia this is just too bad that Ukrainians be the victime

That was some low effort, dude.

 

[Jimbo07]

You seem to think NATO is looking for a good excuse to join the fight. It's pretty obvious that NATO is actually looking for excuses not to join the fight.

Yes, they seem to be trying to avoid a fight. There's genuine fear of nuclear escalation, but I bet a land war wouldn't be too popular for Biden domestically, either!