Nothing is going to protect fully from nuke war. It's about taking steps to survive. What other personal steps do anything?
1. Yet nukes are stated constantly by the putinistas as THE prime stop Ukraine support argument.
(1) I would not know
1. Read this thread over.
(2) Ukraine cedes part of the Donbas to Russia. Ukraine will do that if NATO tells it to. Ukraine falls without NATO. The pathway to NATO membership would then be expedited for Ukraine. This is not Afghanistan. I don’t see Russia walking away and don’t see Ukraine forcing it out. This war is enhancing the relationship between Russia and China and some others. Tell me the US’s interest in the Donbas?
Thanks. Maybe. Russia is again emboldened that aggression pays. At least with that Ukraine has access to the Sea of Azov and has Crimea with that plan.
Frankly, if Ukraine regains all occupied territories, they will have a slow bleeding sore with some areas being of a Russian majority.
I don't agree. I think they'd be fine being part of U. They know the benefits of even corrupt freedom. Sure they accepted when Russia took over their areas, but doubt they think they're in a better place. But JMO.
Comparing Putin to Hitler is really something.
Suggesting that a government with a Jewish President and Prime Minister is rife with Nazi’s, is really something, too.
Putin is a puss. He doesn’t want to die. Could you see him shooting himself like Hitler? Me either. He likes his lavish life too much. Plus he’s got a family to worry about. I would call him on every single one of his bluffs because that’s exactly what they are, bluffs. You think China would let him set off a nuke? Lol. The entire world would be against Russia and China.
I have said this before myself. We should threaten to pull all of our troops out of every area in the world unless those countries/areas agree to pay us for being there, or, at least foot half of the bill. For those that don't, we just move our troops out and back to the US, Then, start moving units to areas designated/set up for operations supporting border patrol to stop the invasion there. We could easily place units at the border for a few months rotational operations to augment the border patrol. I would bet that many border landowners would sell some of their land to the US Army/government to build field billeting to house and feed these troops.
If you accept loss of territory to end the fighting, it's appeasing.
Don’t you think ultimately that is going to have to be the answer though? It doesn’t seem Ukraine is going to be able to move Russia completely out without major boots on the ground from NATO.
Our allies do contribute funding to help defray the costs of our overseas bases. The percentage varies by country, but from what I've seen, the calculations don't include such things like free rent/land use and tax waivers, so the given percentages understate foreign contributions.
I don't know about other countries except the ones I was stationed/worked in and can tell you they make quite a bit of money off of land use and damage to land/properties done by the US military. Not sure about the free rent or tax waivers posted above. As far as funding goes, it is a very low percentage compared to what we spend.
Umm, they could be using the land the military base occupies for something else. It's called an opportunity cost. We also don't pay rent for any of the land or buildings. These are fairly straightforward, simple concepts.
They are considered US soil at the time almost like embassies. But I think we are playing dollars against peanuts here. I still maintain as did Trump that some NATO countries could do more.
Honestly surprised Germany is that high considering how they weren’t meeting their NATO obligations during Trump’s term (they’re obviously the largest economy in Europe, so
I would prefer letting Putn have every inch of that corrupt shithole as opposed to sending one more dollar.
I would advocate massive cuts in money sent out of the country in general not just diverting it elsewhere. Exactly where spending can be cut and just how deep is obviously a much more complex question but I consider it way past time to make it happen.
