Roger A. Shrubber
Well-Known Member
you never seem to take into account that putin is not thinking clearly...that if you push him past a certain point, he WILL go to the nukes. he's old, he has a dream, he has absolutely nothing to lose...he either goes out as a hero to russia, or he takes as many people with him as he can when he goes.Imagine when the Ukrainians start capturing generals and shipping them to The Hague (America is documenting everything for the Ukrainians) for public crimes against humanity and war crimes trials. Vlad's lawyers and diplomats will be exactly like Trump's lawyers! They won't have a legal leg to stand on and will be pounding the table and screaming stupidity, while the press ridicule them and the public protests and brays for blood. Not even Vlad's counter disinformation and propaganda will work, he lost all of his conduits to the west, the internet, most, but not all of his useful idiots like Trump and on top of that all the hackers in the country will be pissed at him to no fucking end (they will know the truth too)! Even the GRU and FSB hackers will be living like shit on their government salaries and will know the real reasons why. He won't even be able to get anybody to troll for him, except useful idiots and Nazis in the west who see the sun setting. It will be like the great depression in about a month in Russia, no matter what happens with the war.
the best case i see happening is that he retains crimea and donetsk , and probably the land in between, and will still start immediate shit if what remains of Ukrain applies for NATO membership.
there are only two options, negotiate, or obliterate....i personally vote to obliterate russia, destroy their war making capabilities, and while we're at it, take out Lukashenko, so he doesn't try to step into the void. of course, that also runs the risk of global nuclear war. i realize i only speak for myself, but i'd rather take the chance at war...if you leave russia unmuzzled, they'll be back at the world's throat as soon as they build up enough equipment and man power to do it again.
a concerted attack from NATO and NATO members navies would be required. we would have to take out ALL his nuclear attack subs, and as soon as that was started, coordinated attacks on as many of his icbm sites as possible. once you pull those teeth, putin will be powerless. NATO's ground forces could crush the russian army like ants...the nukes are ALL he has, and i think he WILL try to use them if things go against him...
remove the threat now, or we live with it forever, and our children, and grand children, will all live with the same threat