• Lester_Peterson [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      That's the latest NAFO talking point but so far it hasn't gained much traction among leaders. Even Duda has limited Poland to calling for consultation with other NATO members (Article 4) and has effectively ruled out activation of the self-defense clause (Article 5).

      The only countries that I have seen blatantly attempt to further escalate tensions have been Estonia and Latvia, which makes sense because the Baltics is basically reddit embodied, but they also don't really matter.

      :inshallah: this will be another L for Posadists

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        the Baltics is basically reddit embodied, but they also don’t really matter.

        In January 1914 I also would have said that Serbia doesn't matter and laughed in the face of anyone who warned me that Serbia would spark off the largest war in history.

        Just saying, it pays not to underestimate the tiny country with a death wish.

  • a_fanonist_hexagon [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Credit where it's due, Doug MacGregor warned of this exact scenario but this is a level headed response to a clear attempt at escalation. I mean, better if he just stopped supporting the war in the first place but still

      • jabrd [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Atm we don’t know, tho I would have to assume it was unintentional. If you were gonna stage a false flag would you target a fucking grain farm? How could Ukraine possibly get away with NATO not catching on? We’re their intelligence agency, they know what we tell them not the other way around. And if NATO is in on it why would they choose such a flimsy incident as the inciting moment? Will a bunch of Americans or Germans really be ready to die because some farmer in a town none of them can pronounce got obliterated? The dirty bomb thing would’ve been more compelling if they really wanted to get this apocalypse rolling

        This was an accident but as Churchill once said, “never let a good crisis go to waste.” We’ll see where the geopolitics spill and who wants what. Poland will no doubtedly feel entitled to something for this but it looks like the US is already shrugging

      • AlyxMS [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        S300 is a surface to air missile, so unlikely. My guess is it's trying to intercept a russian cruise missile and got lost.

        • KobaCumTribute [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          Didn't "patriot" missiles due the same thing in the Gulf War pretty regularly, just miss their target and land wherever, killing random people?

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        The latest is that it was a ukrainian missile fired to intercept a Russian missile.

      • a_fanonist_hexagon [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        It fits a pattern. They cluster bombed a railway station at Kramatorsk where civilians were evacuating with an old Soviet/Russian made rocket

    • Spectre_of_Z_poster [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Be loudly wrong and make your corrections on quiet. Then edit your incorrect articles silently days later