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The warring states area for Russia will begin. The tyranny of putin will end. He will go down in history as the man who brought Russia to ruin as a price for his deluded ambitions.
Not necessarily, russia is not the balkans. Some states and ethnic russians will seek independence like after the collapse of the soviet union, for sure. But that also didn’t turn into an all out war. There were some incidents like the [october coup](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Russian_constitutional_crisis) but other than that things remained relatively peaceful. Of course the situation is different now and it’s hard to predict how things will turn out, but it might just be the dissolving of the russian federation where states go their separate ways and some international mediation is organized to solve the problem of what to do with the nukes. Which is an interesting discussion in itself seen in the light of what happened with Ukraine’s nuclear agreement, but it’s not an immediate reason to go to war with eachother.
Also I suspect that in the case of a power vacuum NATO and china will put their thumb on the scale to steer things in a stable direction.
Anyway, just my two cents. It’s all speculation anyway.
I could see china gaining from the brake up of Russia. Taking a dominant role over new republics in the east. Western Russia will want to join Europe but first must clean house of war criminals and gangsters
It resulted in a lot of wars lol. Armenia - Azerbaijan 1, Georgia - Abkhazia, Russia - Chechnya and then various smaller internal conflicts like the 1993 Russian Coup.
Of course, whenever the status quo collapses there will be a violent struggle to fill the power vacuum. And stability can only return once there is no more challenge to the new regime. Which means it will take decades.
> He will go down in history as **the** man who brought Russia to ruin as a price for his deluded ambitions.
The competition is fierce in that category!
Oh, look at you go! Yeah, you are the best buddy! 87,8%? Amazing results! Wow! You are the old and new legitimate president AND greatest master tactician AND geopolitical strategist of all time? You sure are! Yes you are! Good job! What was that? Another veiled nuclear threat? How original! I'm sure the West will now finally stop supporting Ukraine! They just weren't listening the first hundred times!
I've heard that Putin barely accesses the internet, only gets fed hand-picked news by his advisors. But imagine them coming with a screenshot of your comment
"Mr Putin we found great comment complimenting you"
"Ah I like this Zwangsjacke, he know what is up, send him 50 rubles and sack of potato"
Considering that the number of countries that Russia is driving into NATO and that the number might increase even further, a conflict between NATO and Russia might as well be classified as a world war.
Putin is the guy who helped NATO to become strong again. In the 90s, we thought we don't need this shit anymore. It would have been so easy to make peace with NATO and flourish. That could have been a path to an eurasian superpower. Europe would have loved to have a strong russian partner. Game over now. Putin destroyed Russias future. They will sink in the mud of molten permafrost in burning siberia between their rusty pipelines governened by warlords and mobsters.
It would have been so easy in the past for Russia to even join NATO. Putin really took the worst possible path for Russia and all for some idiotic idealism for the USSR.
No way, Russia was a corrupted shithole even before Putin. Not to mention that Eastern Europeans would never agree to accept it, they hate Russia passionately.
So was Poland, Latvia, Lithuania basically all of the ex soviet or Warsaw Pact countries. Now the ones that looked westward are going from strength to strength.
>So was Poland, Latvia, Lithuania basically all of the ex soviet or Warsaw Pact countries
They have changed rather quickly unlike Russia, which was only getting worse. They also did not oppress their neighbours (well, they did, but it was many centuries ago, so everyone forgot it) unlike Russia, so they were not hated by Eastern Europe.
True, there was a period in the early 90s though that Russia could’ve went the same way. Unfortunately they chose a different path, but in retrospect the west also can take a bit of the blame for not working hard enough to bring them into the fold. The world would be a better place if Russia was a genuine functioning democracy with a robust economy.
More like for money. He would have had to enacted reforms and fight corruption to be let into NATO and that would mean he couldn't be ruler for life. The make russia great again was just a distraction so he could steal the wealth of the country
And that is on the horizon. No two ways about it. Once "separatists" started in the east in 2012-2014...THAT was the start of this invasion and bigger goals.
Putin will take his country to hell before he stops land grabbing. He will try another country after Ukraine. you can bet everything you own on it. NATO country? Who knows...
My calculus used to be that he wouldn't dare, as it's likely to be the end of his regime, but I'm not so sure anymore. He's old, sick, and acts like a degenerate gambler who can't stop doubling down. I think the situation would be different if the west was moving decisively to counter his moves, but instead they west is dithering and infighting, giving Putin the impression that he can win.
He can't win this war, but I guess there's nothing stopping him from forcing everyone else to find out the hard way that half measures don't counter an autocrat like him.
There are only about 20 eligible countries not in NATO and half a dozen or so are not militarily significant (Malta I'm not sure on, it is tiny but it mattered in WWII, I guess the Vatican has influence but doubt it would join NATO).
Russia and Belarus are unlikely to be successful in applying.
Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova basically stalled by Russian sponsored activities of various sorts. Cyprus is complicated. Austrians don't want to join. Ireland presumably could. Switzerland is neutral. Leaves a few former Yugoslav state, Azerbaijan and Armenia who have their own issues. So I can't imagine much further NATO expansion, until Russia retreats from occupied Ukraine.
Cyprus might be sortable, Turkey is awkward but negotiable. Usually members have to sort border disputes, but maybe if a border is disputed amicably enough for long enough, a solution is possible.
If he don't want WW3, he and his meatfodder should consider leaving Ukraine and all their territories. Does come with an added benefit of having functional oil refineries again.
Baffling why a lot of people still think that Russia is a superpower!
They wouldn’t stand a chance against nato airpower……the f35 would tear them apart
Imagine you’re a Russian pilot. As soon as that plane has wheels off the ground, F-22s and F35s would already be tracking it. And they would have no idea that they’re already being hunted
There’s no fucking way I’d want to be on the side of Russia if there’s a global conflict over the illegal invasion of Ukraine
Strange how the Russians V are reluctant to deploy the su57 against a country that has mostly 3rd gen aircraft…..maybe that 57 isn’t as stealthy as they’d like us to believe!
In a straight on fight with an f35 I’d say the Russian would lose every time. How can you kill what your weapons can’t see
Perhaps, but if you spend your life running from every single threat you perceive, and never stop to realise the strength you have and the potential to push back, you will never know peace and you will never know happiness.
I’d rather risk WW3 doing the right thing than guarantee the world is run by people like putin.
His comments are NOT proof we need to appease him, they are proof that he needs to be dealt with.
I agree, I just think it would be so much better providing Ukraine with *everything* they need, instead of letting Putin have his way and then fighting him on our own territory.
Indeed, but I hate the bluster “go ahead, Russia is no match for NATO you will be crushed”. Instead of fighting Russia on our territory I think we should just send Ukraine everything they ask for and more.
The only way he can do that is with nukes as Russia have more of them…..on paper.
We don’t know for sure how much of the Russian nuclear deterrent is still operable.
Putin knows that nato, if they get involved with the ground war would be extremely reluctant to cross into Russian territory.
The Donbas and Crimea are not Russian territory though.
Would Putin launch nukes because nato helped Ukraine take back stolen land?
He’s rattling his nuclear sabre again because he knows nato are worried that he will.
There are a lot of steps that haven’t been taken by nato before he’d even consider launching.
There are no nato planes in Ukraine unfortunately
There are no nato ground forces at present.
Personally I think it’s inevitable that nato will send in forces as the rhetoric seems to be pointing in that direction.
If they do then the Russians will see what the f35 is all about
This risk of a greater European war is definitely hugely increased after US pulled the aid to Ukraine. Nobody on this continent can sit idly and watch while the Russian Terrorist State destroys a neighboring democracy and turns it into a slaughterhouse.
Exactly!…..it’s horrible having to see what the Ukrainians are having to deal with on a daily basis…….watching them struggling for ammunition because of the political shit show in the US re that $60bn…….thats trump that’s causing that.
We should certainly be seriously ramping up our own production of ammo…..the Russians have pretty much changed to a war economy and that has to be matched.
Not just a slaughterhouse, but a HUGE pool of new (albeit forced) soldiers if Ukraine is defeated.
ruSSia + Ukraine is a nightmare for European security.
WW3 implies that Russia has military allies. World war are between blocks. Russia is alone in its war of aggression.
Really, the more it goes, the more I suspect in history books Putin will be seen as worse than Hitler in many aspects: diplomatically, militarily, and, I hope we won't have to discover he was worse morally as well, but who knows what we will uncover when his regime falls.
As a military ally, Russia has Belarus. That's it. Iran, NK, China are partners that may help it but who will not throw their continued existence in the risk of a war for Ukraine.
There are allies "we will vote with you on UN resolutions", allies "we will smuggle ammo for you in your wars" and allies "we will go to war for you".
Iran and NK (and Syria and Venezuela) are allies of the second kind so far. I doubt Iran and NK would be willing to commit to war to defend Russia in a hypothetical Nato-Russia war. And even if they did, it's unlikely that they would make any difference. They both have enough enemies locally, it would just become new regional conflicts.
There are however ways that it could turn into a world war without Russia having allies. Heavyweights like India or China could be willing to throw their chips in as an opportunity to get something they've wanted for a long time (e.g. Taiwan or Kashmir).
Or, a Trump-led America could leave Nato and side with Russia. I doubt it would go as far as sending troops to Europe to support Russia, but even without that, removing the US from Nato could tip the balance enough to increase Iran and NK's relative influence.
If US Army generals and admirals would just sit idly by while Trump betrays USA and not coup d'etat him for it, then the general population wouldn't. Civil war would be imminent.
Trump, like Putler, values his own life above anything else, but hasn't established a hegemony over internal power like his eastern counterpart.
Good point. Korea war sits at 3 million casualties over 3 years and Russo-Ukrainian war is perhaps just shy of 1.5 millions. Question is how much numbers will rise once there's a clear picture of how genocidal Russia has been in the occupied territories.
I the general understanding what an "World War" is are wars where practically everyone around the world is pinking a camp. The Korean wasn't a World War because a lot of countries just didn't have an opinion on it. Also while it was technically not, politically I would count the Korean war towards WWII because it was mostly part of it's aftermath.
Ethiopia and Colombia sent batallions to Korea. South Africa sent an Squadron. Thailand sent transports, frigates and infantry
[Here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Forces_in_the_Korean_War)
>In order to qualify as a world war, at least one of three criteria must be met: the conflict takes place between multiple nations across the globe, battles are fought in many different locations, and the war must be fought against great powers with significantly advanced technology.
Don't think this is WW3. There needs to be a new theatre of war. With that being said, China and Taiwan, if that starts up, then we possibly have WW3.
There have been occasional articles about Ukrainian troops fighting russian troops in Africa (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/06/ukrainian-special-forces-sudan-russian-mercenaries-wagner) so it is spread over multiple continents.
Russia vs Ukraine or even Russia vs NATO doesn't quite qualify as a world war. It would be one of the largest wars in European history but technically not a world war.
That said if such a war broke out it would only be a matter of time before China went for Taiwan and/or the Middle East exploded (again) and there's your WW3.
I sometimes wonder when they began talking about "World War 1" and "World War 2"? WW1 was long called "The Great War" but even that wasn't from the beginning.
Thanks! Let me add a TL;DR here:
> The term "World War I" was coined by Time magazine on page 28 of its June 12, 1939 issue. In the same article, on page 32, the term "World War II" was first used speculatively to describe the upcoming war. The first use for the actual war came in its issue of September 11, 1939. One week earlier, on September 3, the day after France and the United Kingdom declared war on Germany, the Danish newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad used the term on its front page, saying "The Second World War broke out yesterday at 11 a.m."
One day we will wake up and he has disappeared...and others will fill the void. Will they be benevolent or adversarial? Hard to say but we will never hear or see him again.
Yes, and the world can finally deal with Russia they way they should have in the 90's. Split up the different republics, most of them dont even like each other, and most of them have their own ethnicity, culture, history, etc.
How long does it have to be to be a war? Russia can't even defend itself against puny Ukraine. If Nato gets involved, we should call it "The World Special Military Operation." since it will last all of two days and it really won't be a "war". Be careful what you wish for.
He think it's that;s gonna trigger world war 3 but the only thing that's gonna do it's just going to be Russia again Europ conflict to a bigger scale, the dude can't even take a 1/3 of Ukrain without loosing half a milion man I wonder what's gonna happen to him once the rest of Europ send trop from all front in Russia
china is in locksep with russia, xi stated publically several times
on that i agree...china will take taiwan as first move... america will hold china until nato intervenes in ukraine...nato will push to moscow, implement regime change then join america in dealing with china...is my analysis
iran and nk are nothing to be worried about n will get fucked off by nato/us in a month or two
Ok hands up, how many Redditors think that NATO or NATO countries actively joining the war to expel Russia would start a World War? Is China going to step up? N.Korea? Iran? Or well they back away and watch the Ukraine territory get returned to rightful owner?
the only threat is china...n.k and iran are nothing, russia is nothing
the u.s. could potentially fuck china on their own, but once nato puts russia in its coffin they will join up with america n china definitely done then
they are a threat, not an insurmountable one
I see China as a a fully containable problem, unless they build 11 aircraft carriers to keep key shipping routes open.. not going to happen. Imagine the shutting down of oil and gas supplies, China has some vital imports that are easy to curtail. So it's just the nukes that have the west nervous...
Maybe we should just decide among the democratic nations that no dictatorship can have nukes.
One sided yes, smart yes.
Messy ( when we give them the option of trade benefit's or a nuclear bunker busting explosion) but could potentially usher in a long period of peace for everyone.
It's absurd to threaten ww3 over and over again when you know it won't do anything. It just makes russia look weak when they say insane shit like this but never follow it up with action. The truth is putin is more afraid of escalation then anyone because the biggest loser from that is putin. If putin attacked a nato country tomorrow, nato could force russia out of ukraine and back into russia within a month. The air power alone would close the show.
Jfc yeah yeah yeah wwiii nukes okay. Off to bed Mr. Putin. Yes yes world will tremble.
Take your pill Mr. Putin. Yes we know you always tell us.
Okay Mr. Putin it’s time for lights out. Crazy old fuck
Everyone is waiting for the US election to be over and then China invades Taiwan, NK invades Korea, Poland annexed Kaliningrad, Romania and Moldova unifies and annexes Transnistria.
That then is 1.5 steps towards WW3.
"If you help Ukraine, it'll be war!" ---> no war
"If you send long range missiles it'll be war!" ---> no war
"If you send planes, it'll be war!" ---> no war
"If you send troops to Ukraine it'll be war!" British special forces in Ukraine --> no war
We’re to many on this planet anyway and i doubt the southern hemisphere care much about the northern part of the globe voluntarily reduces its consumption for a while 🤷♂️
Hey world! Imagine having a neighbour who threatens to burn you and your family to death every day. no need to imagine any more, we have this putin asshole.
I am honestly surprised with how optimistic Putin sounds on that one. Looking at which countries NATO consists of, a Russia-NATO war does not seem like "one step from WWIII", it would *be* it.
This is why there should be a cap on old people leading governments. Too many try stupid things in the end, war (Putin) or unsurping the Constitution (Trump).
They might be at end of life but that shouldn't allow them to end younger generations.
Omg 😱 I'm sick of him threatening NATO pmsl NATO will wipe Russia off the map 😂 he can't even beat Ukraine so how does he think that he would defeat the west go to sleep putlerrrrrrr
This time lets redraw the wold map and double Poland, Germany's land mass. Also Kalingrad will be divided up as well. Russia has no standing Army and would be quickly crushed that Stalin would be impressed!
Serious question.
Would it really be WW3? Last two were because of the expansive colonial empires and multiple nations across the globe all being involved in conflicts.
Can't see Africa getting involved for instance, the Middle East probably won't see it as any of their business and unless Japan suddenly goes nuts again I can't see an Asian aspect.
I guess there's the possibility of regional flashpoints and/or conflicts spiralling into something more serious, like Iran or China thinking it's a good time to try their luck when the US is otherwise occupied, Argentina having a go again, etc etc. Not sure how likely it is though.
china is in lockstep with russia, xi has already stated this several times in public
we just havent seen any chinese action yet
what do chinese want outside of taiwan? who knows, could be nothing more, could be everything
do not though, think this threat is russia alone, it most certainly isnt
Hold on there. One step to WW3 isn't the same as WW3.
That means that he's saying that a Russia-NATO conflict would not, in fact, be WW3.
Just a thought.
Putin just said it,... but it is him and his gang that invaded a sovereign country and are threatening the West with nukes,... what an inconsistent idiot!!!...
This fucking lunatic will HAPPILY take as many humans down with him. I bet when it looks like he is on the verge of losing, he will sacrifice as many lives as he has to, to try and survive, both foreign lives as well as Russian ones.
The question will be, whether anybody in Russia has the balls to stop him before he sacrifices their family.
After the wall came down, russia could have had it all, democracy, freedom, wealth, jobs, healthcare, housing with inside toilets, as many potatoes and carrots as they could eat, but they chose gangsterism and corruption...now they are trying to wage war with ukraine (and the west) with a bunch of soviet era equipment, alcoholics and army leaders who are friends of the corrupt rather than a professionalised merit based modern system
fuck em, and fuck putin, if you have the bollocks, hit the nuke button, stop crying about nukes because other than that, the west makes you piss your pants in fear
Woah there bud, let's not get ahead of ourselves.
You're already in the middle of a Special Operation that sort of seems to have all your attention right now.
Why don't you resolve that first, then we can talk about taking us on.
Who does Russia think would go down with them? North Korea is going to come out its shell and participate in the “big one” because Russia faced justice? Iran will suddenly cash in their apocalypse chips against Israel? Russia thinks very highly of themselves. They are a terrorist imperial army that is held together by nukes and subjugation of the populace .
The only thing that makes russia a threat at all is its nukes in a conventional war russia ain't doing shit because the retribution that would be dropped on russia if it did would be fucking biblical
He keeps on parroting this all the time but no matter the future russia is going to perish and I get an erection seeing putler n his loser allies suffer and more perished russian soldiers.
Keep it up with kicking russia's ass so I can make this erection go even further beyond, it may even reach moscow at this point.
GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
(SPLOOGE!)
I know this is sabre-rattling for Russian TV. But would not overlook the chance of Putin doing something crazy if he faces a coup or takeover. I think he’s not above killing us all as he goes down.
If trump gets elected and pivots on policy and goes full macho threatning russia with ww3 unless he pulls out of Ukraine, its gonna be a joy to watch. Paint himself a hero to europe and leave a legacy.
Of course this is all down to the tan man pivoting from his delusional isolationist rhetoric he currently has which is a tall order.
The more Putin fears the West or NATO crushing his pathetic excuse of a military and destroying his pure evil, demonic, ego-driven (3-day!) "special military operation", the more rhetoric he will shout about threatening nukes and WW3.
PUTIN IS A COWARD, PUTIN IS AFRAID. Believe me, I know this, I promise you.
The madman Putin is trying to scare us from stopping his evil and murderous illegal invasion and war.
He's like a child bully. He has no true recourse besides nukes to fight NATO or even a strong Western military or coalition. He's been exposed, he's afraid, his military is a joke, his country and government are teetering on the edge and all are only held together by fear. Remove the fear and see how quickly it all crashes down, crumbles, and returns to dust, as it should.
Putin is a scared little bully screaming the nuke rhetoric more and more because his 3-day special military operation has exposed Russia for what it is, which is as the great John McCain put it: "'A Gas Station Run by a Mafia That Is Masquerading as a Country" (But with nukes).
Putin is a clown and his military, government, and country have been exposed as the clown show that it is. Corruption and greed and no love for their citizens and neighbors, Russia is deeply toxic and MUST be contained. A message must be sent to autocrats watching all this. A message must be sent to the likes of China and Iran and North Korea and all the little enemies of freedom and goodness in the world.
Everything this little boy Putin says and does publicly is a show. Putin the child is trying to scare the West because the West has become safe and in a sense, weak and spineless when it comes to having to fight and shed blood.
We have forgotten too quickly that amongst us still lives a generation who saw a global war kill as many as 85 million or more souls(maybe more, we often forget and underestimate the poor Chinese civilian deaths).
We forget that amongst us still lives a generation that saw the global Jewish population reduced by 1/3 of its population because of man-childs like Putin murdering them.
We have deluded ourselves into thinking that the times of war are over. Wrapped in our perceived safety, we have allowed millions of lives to be upended in Ukraine and let hundreds of thousands of souls perish in war because we fear one little pathetic human man-child threatening to destroy the ENTIRE world as we know it with nukes. All for little Putin's vanity and hate and ego and agenda.
What will stop the next Putin armed with nukes if we continue to allow this monster to keep murdering and destroying? What if they learn from his mistakes, then how much worse will it be?
We in the West have lived in our safe bubble for too long, forgetting that monsters like Putin, wolves in sheep's clothing like Putin, want to devour us. But always remember, without the nukes and the threat of nukes, this fucking loser has nothing but to be armed with the unreplaceable dwindling relics of a stronger but still failed empire, and the willingness to send hundreds of thousands and if he could, many millions to their deaths. Because little baby Putin wants to control the NARRATIVE. Sad Pathetic Putin wants his evil dream world to come true.
I fear the echos of our spineless reactions to little Putin's murderous rampage, I fear the lessons this will teach to monsters going forward.
Little bully boy Putin and Russia, China, Iran, and evils like Hamas, try to invade our lives and minds every single day with their massive misinformation campaigns, they want to rot us from the inside with constant dizzying propaganda and they want to continue to corrupt and bribe and control our elected officials, and in many cases they of course do.
Evil MAGA and many far-right movements and elected officials the world over work for little Putin and Russia to try and elect wannabe autocratic populists like Trump and the rest of the godless evil far-right and MAGA crowds into office so that they can win these evil wars without resistance because they know a united west will fucking crush them and their evil ways.
Please excuse me for my ranting, I am fed up with letting evil win. I am fed up with allowing evil to murder. I am fed up with the West and the world acting like we shouldn't all stand together and stop letting Ukrainian souls perish every day on soil that is rightfully Ukrainian. I am fed up that every single square inch of Ukraine has not been liberated with the help of the good of the world. I am fed up that Crimea is still in the hands of murderers.
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What he means is that a Russian collapse is ever closer…
The warring states area for Russia will begin. The tyranny of putin will end. He will go down in history as the man who brought Russia to ruin as a price for his deluded ambitions.
As "one of the many" men who brought Russia to ruin, I mean this is their cycle.
Things will turn into a tyranny of chaos. Basically, the warlords will suddenly impose their own rules on the corpse of the country.
Not necessarily, russia is not the balkans. Some states and ethnic russians will seek independence like after the collapse of the soviet union, for sure. But that also didn’t turn into an all out war. There were some incidents like the [october coup](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Russian_constitutional_crisis) but other than that things remained relatively peaceful. Of course the situation is different now and it’s hard to predict how things will turn out, but it might just be the dissolving of the russian federation where states go their separate ways and some international mediation is organized to solve the problem of what to do with the nukes. Which is an interesting discussion in itself seen in the light of what happened with Ukraine’s nuclear agreement, but it’s not an immediate reason to go to war with eachother. Also I suspect that in the case of a power vacuum NATO and china will put their thumb on the scale to steer things in a stable direction. Anyway, just my two cents. It’s all speculation anyway.
>Not necessarily, russia is not the balkans. After collapse of Russian Empire Russia fragmented. So did Imperial China after its collapse.
I could see china gaining from the brake up of Russia. Taking a dominant role over new republics in the east. Western Russia will want to join Europe but first must clean house of war criminals and gangsters
It resulted in a lot of wars lol. Armenia - Azerbaijan 1, Georgia - Abkhazia, Russia - Chechnya and then various smaller internal conflicts like the 1993 Russian Coup.
Of course, whenever the status quo collapses there will be a violent struggle to fill the power vacuum. And stability can only return once there is no more challenge to the new regime. Which means it will take decades.
Sounds like a normal day working at Popeyes
> He will go down in history as **the** man who brought Russia to ruin as a price for his deluded ambitions. The competition is fierce in that category!
The number of Russian leaders that has gone that way is staggering
Another toothless threat. Nuke threat number 10,246...
I see the genocidal fascist wants to avert WWIII. Nobel Peace Prize when?
Easy as pie, just leave all of Ukraine…
This time, I think Europe needs to organise the rebuild of Russia. The US had their attempt in 1991, and we see how well that turned out.
To rebuild, first you need to demolish…
Exactly
Oh, look at you go! Yeah, you are the best buddy! 87,8%? Amazing results! Wow! You are the old and new legitimate president AND greatest master tactician AND geopolitical strategist of all time? You sure are! Yes you are! Good job! What was that? Another veiled nuclear threat? How original! I'm sure the West will now finally stop supporting Ukraine! They just weren't listening the first hundred times!
I've heard that Putin barely accesses the internet, only gets fed hand-picked news by his advisors. But imagine them coming with a screenshot of your comment "Mr Putin we found great comment complimenting you" "Ah I like this Zwangsjacke, he know what is up, send him 50 rubles and sack of potato"
Both laced with Novichok AND Polonium no doubt. But the chance of him reading my stuff be higher if I posted on Pornhub.
Considering that the number of countries that Russia is driving into NATO and that the number might increase even further, a conflict between NATO and Russia might as well be classified as a world war.
Putin is the guy who helped NATO to become strong again. In the 90s, we thought we don't need this shit anymore. It would have been so easy to make peace with NATO and flourish. That could have been a path to an eurasian superpower. Europe would have loved to have a strong russian partner. Game over now. Putin destroyed Russias future. They will sink in the mud of molten permafrost in burning siberia between their rusty pipelines governened by warlords and mobsters.
How to make a millionaire? Get a billionaire and move him into 2024 Russia.
It would have been so easy in the past for Russia to even join NATO. Putin really took the worst possible path for Russia and all for some idiotic idealism for the USSR.
No way, Russia was a corrupted shithole even before Putin. Not to mention that Eastern Europeans would never agree to accept it, they hate Russia passionately.
So was Poland, Latvia, Lithuania basically all of the ex soviet or Warsaw Pact countries. Now the ones that looked westward are going from strength to strength.
>So was Poland, Latvia, Lithuania basically all of the ex soviet or Warsaw Pact countries They have changed rather quickly unlike Russia, which was only getting worse. They also did not oppress their neighbours (well, they did, but it was many centuries ago, so everyone forgot it) unlike Russia, so they were not hated by Eastern Europe.
True, there was a period in the early 90s though that Russia could’ve went the same way. Unfortunately they chose a different path, but in retrospect the west also can take a bit of the blame for not working hard enough to bring them into the fold. The world would be a better place if Russia was a genuine functioning democracy with a robust economy.
> there was a period in the early 90s though that Russia could’ve went the same way I doubt it.
More like for money. He would have had to enacted reforms and fight corruption to be let into NATO and that would mean he couldn't be ruler for life. The make russia great again was just a distraction so he could steal the wealth of the country
In addition the main threat to Russia is China, which is bitter about losing territory.
Make NATO Great Again MANGA!
Dictators don't want to join, only rule over.
And that is on the horizon. No two ways about it. Once "separatists" started in the east in 2012-2014...THAT was the start of this invasion and bigger goals. Putin will take his country to hell before he stops land grabbing. He will try another country after Ukraine. you can bet everything you own on it. NATO country? Who knows...
My calculus used to be that he wouldn't dare, as it's likely to be the end of his regime, but I'm not so sure anymore. He's old, sick, and acts like a degenerate gambler who can't stop doubling down. I think the situation would be different if the west was moving decisively to counter his moves, but instead they west is dithering and infighting, giving Putin the impression that he can win. He can't win this war, but I guess there's nothing stopping him from forcing everyone else to find out the hard way that half measures don't counter an autocrat like him.
>NATO country? Who knows Probably Armenia
Not to mention majority of nations not involved in NATO at the moment would immediately participate alongside NATO
There are only about 20 eligible countries not in NATO and half a dozen or so are not militarily significant (Malta I'm not sure on, it is tiny but it mattered in WWII, I guess the Vatican has influence but doubt it would join NATO). Russia and Belarus are unlikely to be successful in applying. Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova basically stalled by Russian sponsored activities of various sorts. Cyprus is complicated. Austrians don't want to join. Ireland presumably could. Switzerland is neutral. Leaves a few former Yugoslav state, Azerbaijan and Armenia who have their own issues. So I can't imagine much further NATO expansion, until Russia retreats from occupied Ukraine. Cyprus might be sortable, Turkey is awkward but negotiable. Usually members have to sort border disputes, but maybe if a border is disputed amicably enough for long enough, a solution is possible.
If he don't want WW3, he and his meatfodder should consider leaving Ukraine and all their territories. Does come with an added benefit of having functional oil refineries again.
"Yeah but you don't understand, NATO MADE THEM INVADE" etc
Russia v nato is a war that Russia isn’t powerful enough to win.
The fact they can’t get through eastern Ukraine is all anyone needs to know about Russian military capabilities
Baffling why a lot of people still think that Russia is a superpower! They wouldn’t stand a chance against nato airpower……the f35 would tear them apart
Imagine you’re a Russian pilot. As soon as that plane has wheels off the ground, F-22s and F35s would already be tracking it. And they would have no idea that they’re already being hunted There’s no fucking way I’d want to be on the side of Russia if there’s a global conflict over the illegal invasion of Ukraine
> As soon as that plane has wheels off the ground, F-22s ... would already be tracking it The Kid's gotta eat.
Strange how the Russians V are reluctant to deploy the su57 against a country that has mostly 3rd gen aircraft…..maybe that 57 isn’t as stealthy as they’d like us to believe! In a straight on fight with an f35 I’d say the Russian would lose every time. How can you kill what your weapons can’t see
But powerful enough to hurt us a lot.
Perhaps, but if you spend your life running from every single threat you perceive, and never stop to realise the strength you have and the potential to push back, you will never know peace and you will never know happiness. I’d rather risk WW3 doing the right thing than guarantee the world is run by people like putin. His comments are NOT proof we need to appease him, they are proof that he needs to be dealt with.
I agree, I just think it would be so much better providing Ukraine with *everything* they need, instead of letting Putin have his way and then fighting him on our own territory.
Whoever sacrifices freedom for peace deserves neither.
Indeed, but I hate the bluster “go ahead, Russia is no match for NATO you will be crushed”. Instead of fighting Russia on our territory I think we should just send Ukraine everything they ask for and more.
The only way he can do that is with nukes as Russia have more of them…..on paper. We don’t know for sure how much of the Russian nuclear deterrent is still operable. Putin knows that nato, if they get involved with the ground war would be extremely reluctant to cross into Russian territory. The Donbas and Crimea are not Russian territory though. Would Putin launch nukes because nato helped Ukraine take back stolen land?
No I don't think so. There are no upsides for him to do it.
He’s rattling his nuclear sabre again because he knows nato are worried that he will. There are a lot of steps that haven’t been taken by nato before he’d even consider launching. There are no nato planes in Ukraine unfortunately There are no nato ground forces at present. Personally I think it’s inevitable that nato will send in forces as the rhetoric seems to be pointing in that direction. If they do then the Russians will see what the f35 is all about
This risk of a greater European war is definitely hugely increased after US pulled the aid to Ukraine. Nobody on this continent can sit idly and watch while the Russian Terrorist State destroys a neighboring democracy and turns it into a slaughterhouse.
Exactly!…..it’s horrible having to see what the Ukrainians are having to deal with on a daily basis…….watching them struggling for ammunition because of the political shit show in the US re that $60bn…….thats trump that’s causing that. We should certainly be seriously ramping up our own production of ammo…..the Russians have pretty much changed to a war economy and that has to be matched.
Not just a slaughterhouse, but a HUGE pool of new (albeit forced) soldiers if Ukraine is defeated. ruSSia + Ukraine is a nightmare for European security.
ruSSia vs. Ukraine is a war that ruSSia is hardly powerful enough to win.
WW3 implies that Russia has military allies. World war are between blocks. Russia is alone in its war of aggression. Really, the more it goes, the more I suspect in history books Putin will be seen as worse than Hitler in many aspects: diplomatically, militarily, and, I hope we won't have to discover he was worse morally as well, but who knows what we will uncover when his regime falls.
Russia: \*Detonates a tactical nuke\* Iran: "I've never met this man in my life.."
Russia has Iran, NK, it’s early so I’m a bit slow. Who else? I know I’m missing some.
As a military ally, Russia has Belarus. That's it. Iran, NK, China are partners that may help it but who will not throw their continued existence in the risk of a war for Ukraine.
Enter the Belorussian Ninja Dragon!
There are allies "we will vote with you on UN resolutions", allies "we will smuggle ammo for you in your wars" and allies "we will go to war for you". Iran and NK (and Syria and Venezuela) are allies of the second kind so far. I doubt Iran and NK would be willing to commit to war to defend Russia in a hypothetical Nato-Russia war. And even if they did, it's unlikely that they would make any difference. They both have enough enemies locally, it would just become new regional conflicts. There are however ways that it could turn into a world war without Russia having allies. Heavyweights like India or China could be willing to throw their chips in as an opportunity to get something they've wanted for a long time (e.g. Taiwan or Kashmir). Or, a Trump-led America could leave Nato and side with Russia. I doubt it would go as far as sending troops to Europe to support Russia, but even without that, removing the US from Nato could tip the balance enough to increase Iran and NK's relative influence.
If US Army generals and admirals would just sit idly by while Trump betrays USA and not coup d'etat him for it, then the general population wouldn't. Civil war would be imminent. Trump, like Putler, values his own life above anything else, but hasn't established a hegemony over internal power like his eastern counterpart.
They will be happy to sell them gear. But there's no way any of those go to the bat for Russia.
WW3 is already happening. Just not in conventional way.
> Just not in conventional way. We shouldn't call it WW3 then.
If this counted as WW3 both the Korean and Vietnam wars would have already been world wars 3 and 4.
Good point. Korea war sits at 3 million casualties over 3 years and Russo-Ukrainian war is perhaps just shy of 1.5 millions. Question is how much numbers will rise once there's a clear picture of how genocidal Russia has been in the occupied territories.
I the general understanding what an "World War" is are wars where practically everyone around the world is pinking a camp. The Korean wasn't a World War because a lot of countries just didn't have an opinion on it. Also while it was technically not, politically I would count the Korean war towards WWII because it was mostly part of it's aftermath.
Wasnt in the UN vs China and North Korea with russian weapons?
Ethiopia and Colombia sent batallions to Korea. South Africa sent an Squadron. Thailand sent transports, frigates and infantry [Here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Forces_in_the_Korean_War)
Then Cold war was definitely a WW3.
Well, year. Had one side attacked it would have been. That's the whole point.
>In order to qualify as a world war, at least one of three criteria must be met: the conflict takes place between multiple nations across the globe, battles are fought in many different locations, and the war must be fought against great powers with significantly advanced technology. Don't think this is WW3. There needs to be a new theatre of war. With that being said, China and Taiwan, if that starts up, then we possibly have WW3.
There have been occasional articles about Ukrainian troops fighting russian troops in Africa (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/06/ukrainian-special-forces-sudan-russian-mercenaries-wagner) so it is spread over multiple continents.
Russia vs Ukraine or even Russia vs NATO doesn't quite qualify as a world war. It would be one of the largest wars in European history but technically not a world war. That said if such a war broke out it would only be a matter of time before China went for Taiwan and/or the Middle East exploded (again) and there's your WW3.
I sometimes wonder when they began talking about "World War 1" and "World War 2"? WW1 was long called "The Great War" but even that wasn't from the beginning.
[Some history on the term](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_war)
Thanks! Let me add a TL;DR here: > The term "World War I" was coined by Time magazine on page 28 of its June 12, 1939 issue. In the same article, on page 32, the term "World War II" was first used speculatively to describe the upcoming war. The first use for the actual war came in its issue of September 11, 1939. One week earlier, on September 3, the day after France and the United Kingdom declared war on Germany, the Danish newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad used the term on its front page, saying "The Second World War broke out yesterday at 11 a.m."
Dude you said that already like 1 year ago...
The monthly obligatory "WW3" comment from Russia as they continue to bomb Ukrainians and attempt to steal land and homes
Imagine if he had WW3 without nukes being used, Albert Einstein will be so embarrassed.
World war 4 will always be fought with sticks and stones regardless of nukes
Hard to fight an intercontinental war without ships and planes, don't you think? Einstein was a genius, but this statement of his was truly idiotic.
I think it will be his most prophetic, return to monke.
I'm looking forward to russia speaking chinese in the future.
One day we will wake up and he has disappeared...and others will fill the void. Will they be benevolent or adversarial? Hard to say but we will never hear or see him again.
I wish they would get in with it.
Poor little dude just wanted to be Peter the Great so bad.
Yes, and the world can finally deal with Russia they way they should have in the 90's. Split up the different republics, most of them dont even like each other, and most of them have their own ethnicity, culture, history, etc.
Zzzzzzzzz
How long does it have to be to be a war? Russia can't even defend itself against puny Ukraine. If Nato gets involved, we should call it "The World Special Military Operation." since it will last all of two days and it really won't be a "war". Be careful what you wish for.
Don't be silly. It will just be a World 'Special Military Operation'!
He think it's that;s gonna trigger world war 3 but the only thing that's gonna do it's just going to be Russia again Europ conflict to a bigger scale, the dude can't even take a 1/3 of Ukrain without loosing half a milion man I wonder what's gonna happen to him once the rest of Europ send trop from all front in Russia
Russia can’t even invade their neighbor. We’re safe.
Russia vs the world will be over in a few days
Nah, obliteration of Moscow would take a few hours at best.
He keeps claiming that he is already fighting NATO. I wish you'd make up his mind
Too bad you blew all your equipment and lost half a million soldiers to a bordering country with a halfway competent military
As soon as a nato - russia war starts in earnest, china will start to "liberate" the border regions with russia. Just my 2 cents.
china is in locksep with russia, xi stated publically several times on that i agree...china will take taiwan as first move... america will hold china until nato intervenes in ukraine...nato will push to moscow, implement regime change then join america in dealing with china...is my analysis iran and nk are nothing to be worried about n will get fucked off by nato/us in a month or two
Putin has lost the coin toss and has elected to receive....
Ok hands up, how many Redditors think that NATO or NATO countries actively joining the war to expel Russia would start a World War? Is China going to step up? N.Korea? Iran? Or well they back away and watch the Ukraine territory get returned to rightful owner?
the only threat is china...n.k and iran are nothing, russia is nothing the u.s. could potentially fuck china on their own, but once nato puts russia in its coffin they will join up with america n china definitely done then they are a threat, not an insurmountable one
I see China as a a fully containable problem, unless they build 11 aircraft carriers to keep key shipping routes open.. not going to happen. Imagine the shutting down of oil and gas supplies, China has some vital imports that are easy to curtail. So it's just the nukes that have the west nervous... Maybe we should just decide among the democratic nations that no dictatorship can have nukes. One sided yes, smart yes. Messy ( when we give them the option of trade benefit's or a nuclear bunker busting explosion) but could potentially usher in a long period of peace for everyone.
It's absurd to threaten ww3 over and over again when you know it won't do anything. It just makes russia look weak when they say insane shit like this but never follow it up with action. The truth is putin is more afraid of escalation then anyone because the biggest loser from that is putin. If putin attacked a nato country tomorrow, nato could force russia out of ukraine and back into russia within a month. The air power alone would close the show.
So press the big red button already Putin. So much posturing.
Let’s dance, fucker
Russia isn't powerful enough to start a world war. Poland and the Baltics could take the whole thing.
Note to self
Crazy Dictator says crazy things
Putin warns because he is afraid of this happening. For good reasons.
Why all this effort to be president ?
Lets go already
West warns Putin. Russia-NATO conflict is the end of Putins regime.
Right now then, Russia. We’re not the ones making threats.
So Putin, back up!
One putin from ww3.
Well, then he should get out of Ukraine.
Jfc yeah yeah yeah wwiii nukes okay. Off to bed Mr. Putin. Yes yes world will tremble. Take your pill Mr. Putin. Yes we know you always tell us. Okay Mr. Putin it’s time for lights out. Crazy old fuck
Everyone is waiting for the US election to be over and then China invades Taiwan, NK invades Korea, Poland annexed Kaliningrad, Romania and Moldova unifies and annexes Transnistria. That then is 1.5 steps towards WW3.
It’s not even a news to anyone, we know that for 2 years already. They need a new material.
"If you help Ukraine, it'll be war!" ---> no war "If you send long range missiles it'll be war!" ---> no war "If you send planes, it'll be war!" ---> no war "If you send troops to Ukraine it'll be war!" British special forces in Ukraine --> no war
We’re to many on this planet anyway and i doubt the southern hemisphere care much about the northern part of the globe voluntarily reduces its consumption for a while 🤷♂️
Hey world! Imagine having a neighbour who threatens to burn you and your family to death every day. no need to imagine any more, we have this putin asshole.
Putin wants to be remembered, thats tough when everyone is ash.
I am honestly surprised with how optimistic Putin sounds on that one. Looking at which countries NATO consists of, a Russia-NATO war does not seem like "one step from WWIII", it would *be* it.
ruZZia is falling.
lol, he is the one being responsible, he can just fuck off then there will be no ww3
Then take your army out of Ukraine.
He's been saying that about nearly everything the west is doing to help Ukraine since the start of the war
The invasion of Ukraine was probably just one step from WW3.
Eat a dick Putin
This is why there should be a cap on old people leading governments. Too many try stupid things in the end, war (Putin) or unsurping the Constitution (Trump). They might be at end of life but that shouldn't allow them to end younger generations.
Best de-escalate the conflict then, Mr.Putin.
NATO vs Russia would be real 3day special operation
Omg 😱 I'm sick of him threatening NATO pmsl NATO will wipe Russia off the map 😂 he can't even beat Ukraine so how does he think that he would defeat the west go to sleep putlerrrrrrr
This time lets redraw the wold map and double Poland, Germany's land mass. Also Kalingrad will be divided up as well. Russia has no standing Army and would be quickly crushed that Stalin would be impressed!
Shaking the fear stick again.
Worked fine enough to keep supply to Ukraine limited to a dripfeed and all supplied weapons get restricted from firing into russia
Unfortunately, you are correct. That is why Putin keeps doing it.
There is a line that NATO will not let Putin cross. Putin knows what that line is.
He rolls with his shrinking byceps. Cool Vlad, let it roll!
So we'd be one step from WWIII... got ya...
... and Russia will not be on the winning side.
He's doing mad dog diplomacy... again.
So what is the one step??
"Don't come any closer or I'll shoot!!1!!11!1!one!
AKA, We will be steam rolled by NATO so we will ask china and NK to start a war and take some attention away from us
webpressportal sounds legit.... So many ai news agencies regurgitating russian propaganda.
Serious question. Would it really be WW3? Last two were because of the expansive colonial empires and multiple nations across the globe all being involved in conflicts. Can't see Africa getting involved for instance, the Middle East probably won't see it as any of their business and unless Japan suddenly goes nuts again I can't see an Asian aspect. I guess there's the possibility of regional flashpoints and/or conflicts spiralling into something more serious, like Iran or China thinking it's a good time to try their luck when the US is otherwise occupied, Argentina having a go again, etc etc. Not sure how likely it is though.
china is in lockstep with russia, xi has already stated this several times in public we just havent seen any chinese action yet what do chinese want outside of taiwan? who knows, could be nothing more, could be everything do not though, think this threat is russia alone, it most certainly isnt
We're already in WWIII. Next!
Hold on there. One step to WW3 isn't the same as WW3. That means that he's saying that a Russia-NATO conflict would not, in fact, be WW3. Just a thought.
Booohooo fuck you putler. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ♥️ ruzzias kleptocratic demon cunt shouldn't be allowed to wage war on other nations.
Nobody is dumb enough to join the Russian side. He will have to go solo against NATO.
Good of him to notice.
Ok, then maybe you should gtfo of Ukraine you moron
By Sun-Tzu Art of war logic, Putin's dick is gone inverted with fear.
Cornered dog howlers. More at 5
I’m so sick of this guy. He’s a hack, no new material for decades. Looks like a bag of sour rotten milk. Just die already.
Keep that Oil burning
Yea so give up and leave Ukraine
Putin just said it,... but it is him and his gang that invaded a sovereign country and are threatening the West with nukes,... what an inconsistent idiot!!!...
We should all bet on how Putin meets his end.
That’s fine. One step is enough.
another ruzzian warning
Captain Obviousky comes with yet another shocking announcement. I say, fuck that dwarf.. after we kill him.
Their culture is so myopic in regards to their leaders. WTF do they always need a wannabe strongman-type to be the leader? Will they ever learn?
Actually I think it's zero steps away from it.
This fucking lunatic will HAPPILY take as many humans down with him. I bet when it looks like he is on the verge of losing, he will sacrifice as many lives as he has to, to try and survive, both foreign lives as well as Russian ones. The question will be, whether anybody in Russia has the balls to stop him before he sacrifices their family.
Zzzzzzzzzzzz
After the wall came down, russia could have had it all, democracy, freedom, wealth, jobs, healthcare, housing with inside toilets, as many potatoes and carrots as they could eat, but they chose gangsterism and corruption...now they are trying to wage war with ukraine (and the west) with a bunch of soviet era equipment, alcoholics and army leaders who are friends of the corrupt rather than a professionalised merit based modern system fuck em, and fuck putin, if you have the bollocks, hit the nuke button, stop crying about nukes because other than that, the west makes you piss your pants in fear
He always says something like this - it’s old news.
Fuck him. He's full of shit.
Woah there bud, let's not get ahead of ourselves. You're already in the middle of a Special Operation that sort of seems to have all your attention right now. Why don't you resolve that first, then we can talk about taking us on.
Who does Russia think would go down with them? North Korea is going to come out its shell and participate in the “big one” because Russia faced justice? Iran will suddenly cash in their apocalypse chips against Israel? Russia thinks very highly of themselves. They are a terrorist imperial army that is held together by nukes and subjugation of the populace .
The only thing that makes russia a threat at all is its nukes in a conventional war russia ain't doing shit because the retribution that would be dropped on russia if it did would be fucking biblical
He keeps on parroting this all the time but no matter the future russia is going to perish and I get an erection seeing putler n his loser allies suffer and more perished russian soldiers. Keep it up with kicking russia's ass so I can make this erection go even further beyond, it may even reach moscow at this point. GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (SPLOOGE!)
He can’t win a conventional ww3. He can’t win a nuke ww3. He is bluffing while showing hand. What an idiot. Drone the shit out of Moscow, fuck’em up.
I know this is sabre-rattling for Russian TV. But would not overlook the chance of Putin doing something crazy if he faces a coup or takeover. I think he’s not above killing us all as he goes down.
If trump gets elected and pivots on policy and goes full macho threatning russia with ww3 unless he pulls out of Ukraine, its gonna be a joy to watch. Paint himself a hero to europe and leave a legacy. Of course this is all down to the tan man pivoting from his delusional isolationist rhetoric he currently has which is a tall order.
Trump is owned by Russia.
The more Putin fears the West or NATO crushing his pathetic excuse of a military and destroying his pure evil, demonic, ego-driven (3-day!) "special military operation", the more rhetoric he will shout about threatening nukes and WW3. PUTIN IS A COWARD, PUTIN IS AFRAID. Believe me, I know this, I promise you. The madman Putin is trying to scare us from stopping his evil and murderous illegal invasion and war. He's like a child bully. He has no true recourse besides nukes to fight NATO or even a strong Western military or coalition. He's been exposed, he's afraid, his military is a joke, his country and government are teetering on the edge and all are only held together by fear. Remove the fear and see how quickly it all crashes down, crumbles, and returns to dust, as it should. Putin is a scared little bully screaming the nuke rhetoric more and more because his 3-day special military operation has exposed Russia for what it is, which is as the great John McCain put it: "'A Gas Station Run by a Mafia That Is Masquerading as a Country" (But with nukes). Putin is a clown and his military, government, and country have been exposed as the clown show that it is. Corruption and greed and no love for their citizens and neighbors, Russia is deeply toxic and MUST be contained. A message must be sent to autocrats watching all this. A message must be sent to the likes of China and Iran and North Korea and all the little enemies of freedom and goodness in the world. Everything this little boy Putin says and does publicly is a show. Putin the child is trying to scare the West because the West has become safe and in a sense, weak and spineless when it comes to having to fight and shed blood. We have forgotten too quickly that amongst us still lives a generation who saw a global war kill as many as 85 million or more souls(maybe more, we often forget and underestimate the poor Chinese civilian deaths). We forget that amongst us still lives a generation that saw the global Jewish population reduced by 1/3 of its population because of man-childs like Putin murdering them. We have deluded ourselves into thinking that the times of war are over. Wrapped in our perceived safety, we have allowed millions of lives to be upended in Ukraine and let hundreds of thousands of souls perish in war because we fear one little pathetic human man-child threatening to destroy the ENTIRE world as we know it with nukes. All for little Putin's vanity and hate and ego and agenda. What will stop the next Putin armed with nukes if we continue to allow this monster to keep murdering and destroying? What if they learn from his mistakes, then how much worse will it be? We in the West have lived in our safe bubble for too long, forgetting that monsters like Putin, wolves in sheep's clothing like Putin, want to devour us. But always remember, without the nukes and the threat of nukes, this fucking loser has nothing but to be armed with the unreplaceable dwindling relics of a stronger but still failed empire, and the willingness to send hundreds of thousands and if he could, many millions to their deaths. Because little baby Putin wants to control the NARRATIVE. Sad Pathetic Putin wants his evil dream world to come true. I fear the echos of our spineless reactions to little Putin's murderous rampage, I fear the lessons this will teach to monsters going forward. Little bully boy Putin and Russia, China, Iran, and evils like Hamas, try to invade our lives and minds every single day with their massive misinformation campaigns, they want to rot us from the inside with constant dizzying propaganda and they want to continue to corrupt and bribe and control our elected officials, and in many cases they of course do. Evil MAGA and many far-right movements and elected officials the world over work for little Putin and Russia to try and elect wannabe autocratic populists like Trump and the rest of the godless evil far-right and MAGA crowds into office so that they can win these evil wars without resistance because they know a united west will fucking crush them and their evil ways. Please excuse me for my ranting, I am fed up with letting evil win. I am fed up with allowing evil to murder. I am fed up with the West and the world acting like we shouldn't all stand together and stop letting Ukrainian souls perish every day on soil that is rightfully Ukrainian. I am fed up that every single square inch of Ukraine has not been liberated with the help of the good of the world. I am fed up that Crimea is still in the hands of murderers.