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TitaRusell 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The Defeat of Nuclear Deterrence

If the Kremlin calculated that European countries would just back off it was a very bad call indeed. Any reasonable leadership would have cut their losses yet here we are.

rainworld 4 months ago [–]

> Any reasonable leadership would have cut their losses yet here we are.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HKxeuY7bMAEwZ30.png Indeed.

fractallyte 4 months ago | [–]

If Ukraine stops defending, it will cease to exist. russia can stop its invasion any time it wants to.

Big difference.

rainworld 4 months ago | | [–]

Self-fulfilling prophecies need prophets.

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