Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ 2 Oct 2023 21:16)
I mean, it being from Russian lobbying is Musks's own admitted logic. He was told by Putin that attacks into Donbas or Crimea would be nuclear escalations, so he didn't.
If that's your standard, then half of Europe's political leaders fell prey to Russian "lobbying" too. Heck, even the U.S. itself implicitly respect the threat of nuclear escalation. Otherwise, NATO would have wiped the floor with the Russians a long time ago.
NATO could sink the Black Sea Fleet with cruise missiles at a moment's notice if it wanted to. With the total air superiority that NATO would possess, clearing the Russian fortifications in Donbass and Crimea would take 2 weeks max. From there, the Ukrainians could finish the job on their own, it wouldn't even take NATO boots on the ground. The fact that even most members of the respective warmonger factions in the various NATO countries don't call for this kind of involvement should give you pause.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Oct 2 2023 02:40pm