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North Korean troops set to join Russian army as Pyongyang ‘fully enters’ war
(www.telegraph.co.uk)
Ok, it's only fair if Poland gets to join too.
this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2024
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Better give Poland some nukes for parity
If the invasion of Ukraine hasn't taught everyone that the only way to not get invaded is to have nukes I don't know what will.
Honestly, no it's also done the opposite. Ukraine has passed so many of Russia's "red lines" that it shows nukes are useless too. The only time a nuke is useful is when you've already lost. If you use one then you get a lot of other groups attacking you, and potentially you get nuked yourself. You can't actually really use one in defence.
The only way to not be invaded is to be stronger than your potential opponents. Si vis pacem, para bellum. (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
It hasn't done the opposite. It has slowed response from the US and other countries significantly. For some things the US still doesn't want to give Ukraine permission. Sure, Poland was giving tanks almost immediately after the war started, showing the hole in logic. But a lot of other countries went for "non leathal aid" like body armor, helmets. They only sent more after a year or so. Truth is, if Russians got Kiev and got Ukraine to capitulate after like 6 months, they'd only gain on the landgrab, with no consequences other than sanctions (which we see how they don't really have the impact they should have and are skirted constantly). Decade or two in the future? Relations would probably be strained still, but returning to normal.
Appeasement is sadly the way of the world. That's why Hitler, Stalin and now Putin were so successful.
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good point. Loading up ukraine with nukes would have created a serious problem for russia. The problem is it would have given Ukraine independence from the US as well.
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Send the Poles, they're itching for it
Hopefully this isn't the stsrt of turning this into a larger conflict that spills into other countries.
Wait for US fighting Iran and these two wars merging.
Both are already invovled in supplying weapons to both wars.
This is exactly that
I wonder how many of them are going to just defect?
So far 18 of the advance party. Unverified by Russia and North Korea though.
Hahaha
Regerts .... The average height is 5ft 4in in North Korea. In Ukraine that's 5ft 8in. Not that it's super important, but it could be.
Also imagine coming regretfully into some else's war and having to walk around a whole bunch of blow-up buildings full of dead ruzzians. If that doesn't double up regerts I don't know what else other than getting injured might.
If Putin does something stupid that elicits a direct response from the U.S., Kim will regret going all-in on this. We could use a good excuse to make the NK problem go away.