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Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia with Long-Range U.S. Missiles

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Re: Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia with Long-Range U.S. Missiles

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Post by exe34 »

yieldcrv wrote: post #4

whats the over-under on that getting revoked in 2 months? what can be done by that military in that amount of time?

they need to capture as much Russian soil as they can, and when the orange man and the other clown tell them to freeze the border, Ukraine can say sure, if you insist!

Re: Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia with Long-Range U.S. Missiles

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Post by MrHamburger »

20after4 wrote: post #7
toomuchtodo wrote: post #2

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If you are sincere then I think this must be the most reckless, unhinged proposal I've read on this website. Are you really literally suggesting to start a nuclear war with Russia?

It is quite logical. Budapest Memorandum signed in 1994 where UK, USA and Russia guaranteed sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine in exchange for nuclear weapons on Ukrainian soil which remained there after dissolution of USSR. If Russia wants to renege on Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine should get their nukes back.

Also you can see another side of the coin - Iran and DPRK would need to be insane to get rid of their nukes because only reason why big powers won't touch them is the nuclear poison pill, which Ukrainians gave up and look where they are.

Re: Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia with Long-Range U.S. Missiles

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Post by stoneman24 »

exe34 wrote: post #5
yieldcrv wrote: post #4

whats the over-under on that getting revoked in 2 months? what can be done by that military in that amount of time?

they need to capture as much Russian soil as they can, and when the orange man and the other clown tell them to freeze the border, Ukraine can say sure, if you insist!

Not sure how much additional real estate they can capture due to limited resources (especially manpower).

But this gives them a better chance of holding what they have and destroying the Russian logistics and infrastructure.

Hopefully the European powers and the UK will lift any restrictions that they have imposed and provide additional supplies.

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Post by llamaimperative »

20after4 wrote: post #7
toomuchtodo wrote: post #2

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If you are sincere then I think this must be the most reckless, unhinged proposal I've read on this website. Are you really literally suggesting to start a nuclear war with Russia?

No it's suggesting giving Ukraine effective deterrent power, which is the opposite of nuclear war.
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