• Judge_Juche [she/her]
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    hace 4 años

    For the not terminally nat-sec brained, this is basically saying the US needs tactical nuclear weapons, fancier missiles, and an even more aggressive nuclear posture becuase they think Russia will "Escalate to Descalate". Which is an insane theory that predicts for example: if the US can get its shit together and funds enough Neo-Nazis to take back Donbass and the Crimea, Russia will end up nuking some village in Ukraine as a warning and force the West to totally surrender becuase the West is too weak to risk a total nuclear war. The solution to this isn't diplomatic or just not expanding NATO every corner of the world, it's to build very small nukes so the US can nuke a Russian village right back thereby maintaining the balance of power. And no, this will totally not result in an escalating nuclear exchange that ends life on the planet.

    It's all just projection, because the only fucking country on Earth who would actually "Escalate to Descalate" is the United States, the only major nuclear power that still maintains in its doctrine that a nuclear war is something that can be fought and won. The people pushing this either want the US to buy expensive but completely worthless ABM systems or to start building new nuclear systems that will start another arms race. Or the true psychos who want to bring back tactical nukes, becuase they just really, really want to nuke some people.

    • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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      hace 4 años

      What combination of words can I search to find information on the US funding fascist separatists in Crimea? I mean, it sounds exactly like something the US would do, I just don't want to sound crazy when i talk about it.

      • Judge_Juche [she/her]
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        hace 4 años

        I don't think there are any real (pro-Ukraine) separatist groups in Crimea itself, Russia controls the borders and if you believe polling people in Crimea overwhelming supported joining Russia.

        But the US has been supporting Ukraine and its militias in Donbass including neo-Nazis like Azov Battalion which almost certainly got direct US support and even more radical groups like Right Sector that gets support from the Ukranian government that the US funds. And there are a bunch of other extreme right wing groups, many of which like Azov or Right Sector have been fucking around since the 2014 overthrow, many of which have now been folded into the actual Ukranian military.