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As far as I know US wasn´t even aware of the nukes but could not accept Russian missiles near its territory. Even the potential is enough and Russia feels the same way.
U.S. was aware of nukes. They had pictures from the sky of Russia building nuclear missiles in Cuba even though they lied about that.

Russia probably could care less about the saftey of Cuba after the bay of pigs failed attempt. Russia just wanted nuclear weapons closer to the U.S. since the U.S. already had nuclear weapons in Italy and places near there.
 
If NATO shot down a Russian plane, than it is game over. RIP planet earth.
Mobile Focsed beam EMP's. Can be used without needing to shoot down a plane or use violence. A way to enforce no fly zone without it appearing as an act of aggression.
 
In terms of what Putin was trying to gain here, the invasion has already been a colossal failure.
Yeah. He can front it out but not only has he shot himself in the foot, he now has the gun aimed at his other foot and is threatening to shoot that too.

Same reason why USA is afraid of Russian in Cuba.
A shorter distance between rockets and your country means less reaction time. This increases trigger nervousness and is therefore dangerous for the whole world.

What is more dangerous for the whole world is life presidents who are able to brain wash the population. It's bad for Russia, it's bad for North Korea. I don't hate communism & I think capitalism is flawed, but if your country requires that much mind control of the population to succeed then you're doing it wrong.
 
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NATO rejects calls for no-fly zone over Ukraine

Thank god
oh I guess you missed my message and not purposely ignored it because if make you look a Tool
"Funny how you justify Ukraine being invaded because it wants to become NATO.

but not stating that NATO shouldn’t help Ukraine Because it’s not NATO..

Man You got to work harder with the value of those Rubles ..113 today ouch… I remember it was 20s before Putin.

By your logical NATO is legally justified to gobble any little country near Russia as a preventative measure
Oh wait NATO does NOT HAVE TO COMMIT War crimes as Finland Sweden, Georgia, Moldavia are in Voluntarily talk with the EU and NATO."
 
oh I guess you missed my message and not purposely ignored it because if make you look a Tool
"Funny how you justify Ukraine being invaded because it wants to become NATO.

but not stating that NATO shouldn’t help Ukraine Because it’s not NATO..

Man You got to work harder with the value of those Rubles ..113 today ouch… I remember it was 20s before Putin.

By your logical NATO is legally justified to gobble any little country near Russia as a preventative measure
Oh wait NATO does NOT HAVE TO COMMIT War crimes as Finland Sweden, Georgia, Moldavia are in Voluntarily talk with the EU and NATO."
I mean they have like the Baltic members of NATO?

NATO is for protecting its members if Russian attacks a NATO member im all for protecting them

If Nato wants to send aid to some nations that are fine too, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has not and can't be justified.
 
Hope they do that route, really really hope so.
The technology he is speaking of is nowhere near as ready or as directly capable as people think they are. An Electromagnetic Pulse is typically directionless, and usually works on area of effect (AOE) deployments. They are better used in taking out communication systems and cities than moving vehicles unless they can time the AOE to work within the moment its in range. That also said reaching the AOE needed to take down a plane would take out literally everything else on the battlefield for a long ass range which while some military tech is shielded against I cannot say without certainty everything will be shielded against it for both sides and the civilians involved.

The other option is to deploy an EMP in the air, but that would still rely more on AOE and the fact that it would still be considered a projectile. Nuclear weapons believe it or not can also be used in the same way if they are detonated in the atmosphere far away enough, it will not cause any kind of casualties but it will knock out most/all electronics in the area where it would have landed.

Finally, no matter how you slice it this could still be considered an act of aggression for Russia to move against. It does not matter if you are shooting down planes with anti-aircraft missiles or shining a laser at them. If its anyone but Ukraine its going to be seen as an act of war against another country. The most we can do is just supply Ukraine with the means to defend themselves until the situation goes too far out of control to the point where other forces will have no choice but to step in.
 
As far as I know US wasn´t even aware of the nukes but could not accept Russian missiles near its territory. Even the potential is enough and Russia feels the same way.
The U.S. was very much aware of the missiles, down to their exact location and number thanks to spy plane pictures. That’s the whole reason behind forming EXCOMM - they knew what was going on. We narrowly avoided disaster considering the first piece of advice Kennedy received was tactical strikes on Cuban soil - the president opted for a more diplomatic approach and formed a naval quarantine zone, which was really a blockade in everything but the name, intercepting any offensive weaponry heading in the direction of Cuba. The blockade was only lifted once all Russian offensive capability was removed from the island. In exchange, the U.S. government removed their sites from Turkey and Italy, and everyone walked away from the table happy, showcasing Kennedy’s excellent diplomatic skills and saving us from what could’ve been a nuclear exchange on both fronts. Sounds like a pretty nice guy to me - no wonder he got assassinated.
 
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The U.S. was very much aware of the missiles, down to their exact location and number thanks to spy plane pictures. That’s the whole reason behind forming EXCOMM - they knew what was going on. We narrowly avoided disaster considering the first piece of advice Kennedy received was tactical strikes on Cuban soil - the president opted for a more diplomatic approach and formed a naval quarantine zone, which was really a blockade in everything but the name, intercepting any offensive weaponry heading in the direction of Cuba. The blockade was only lifted once all Russian offensive capability was removed from Cuba. In exchange, the U.S. government removed their sites from Turkey and Italy, and everyone walked away from the table happy, showcasing Kennedy’s excellent diplomatic skills and saving us from what could’ve been a nuclear exchange on both fronts. Sounds like a pretty nice guy to me - no wonder he got assassinated.
I feel dirty being on the same political side with fox on this....... AHHH nothing brings the World together like the Common Hatred of Putin
 
The U.S. was very much aware of the missiles, down to their exact location and number thanks to spy plane pictures. That’s the whole reason behind forming EXCOMM - they knew what was going on. We narrowly avoided disaster considering the first piece of advice Kennedy received was tactical strikes on Cuban soil - the president opted for a more diplomatic approach and formed a naval quarantine zone, which was really a blockade in everything but the name, intercepting any offensive weaponry heading in the direction of Cuba. The blockade was only lifted once all Russian offensive capability was removed from Cuba. In exchange, the U.S. government removed their sites from Turkey and Italy, and everyone walked away from the table happy, showcasing Kennedy’s excellent diplomatic skills and saving us from what could’ve been a nuclear exchange on both fronts. Sounds like a pretty nice guy to me - no wonder he got assassinated.
Gotta love how real truth comes to light once again every decades. How the US CIA built a Democratic Party in Chile, and original plans where Chile would become Socialist as 'democracy would slowly end' and Democracia Cristiana, PPD political parties had to execute these plans at all costs.

Then these two chilean Kennedys (because they were backed originally by these Democratic parties), would instead, opt for freedom and sovereingty to people, by supporting politically Anti Communist Armed Forces, and laws where Chile would be protected from invasion (at that era, 1971 coming from United Nations):

-Edmundo Pérez Zujovic

-Jaime Guzmán

And were executed by the Communist chilean leader, Salvador Allende and the cuban/soviet intelligence at that time. Same friends as today's fake chilean coup while destroying our anti Communist Armed Forces.
 
I feel dirty being on the same political side with fox on this....... AHHH nothing brings the World together like the Common Hatred of Putin
I don’t like Democrats, but Kennedy was alright. Smart man, that’s dangerous in the world of politics, especially during the Cold War.
 
Of course Kennedy knew about the missiles before the resolution. I mean that they complained even before knowing about them. Shorter distance means more trigger-nervousness (due to reduced time till impact): bad for the world.
 
Forgot to mention, thanks to those chilean Kennedys we got these 49~ years of freedom, and all people from Latin America has/had found Chile to be some sort of Oasis because there's meat, inflation was (before 2019) barely 5%~ and we had a proper Constitution.

Needless to say, even people who voted after the new Communist constitution back then in 2019, supported by United Nations, are fleeing the country now.
 
Nuclear weapons believe it or not can also be used in the same way if they are detonated in the atmosphere far away enough, it will not cause any kind of casualties but it will knock out most/all electronics in the area where it would have landed.
No, please no. I understand that scientifically may be possible, but if a nuclear missile fly over Ukraine, nobody on the other side will think a split second before pushing the button.
 
Man You got to work harder with the value of those Rubles ..113 today ouch… I remember it was 20s before Putin.
The Russian government was absolutely stupid to bank on foreign assets. However, the Russian economy might not be hit as hard by the devaluation as countries like Germany. Besides having cell phones, a somewhat significant part of the population lives pretty excluded in rural areas (often without plumbing or highways). A superior way to live in the event of a global crisis.

If the Russian military is successful, they will probably use their presence as a bargaining chip to unfreeze their assets: give the money back or we stay.
 
Exactly my point. War is never the answer. maybe if Russia put the same effort into they schools, technology and science they do good for its own people. but instead the Russian rich and powerful want its own people to stay weak and poor so they can control them like puppets.
Mmmmm, I wouldn't say that now, war is never the answer. It shouldn't be, but sometimes it is, like when a certain german dictator decided to start a second world war? Would some agree war against him was the answer?
 
The Russian government was absolutely stupid to bank on foreign assets. However, the Russian economy might not be hit as hard by the devaluation as countries like Germany. Besides having cell phones, a somewhat significant part of the population lives pretty excluded in rural areas (often without plumbing or highways). A superior way to live in the event of a global crisis.

If the Russian military is successful, they will probably use their presence as a bargaining chip to unfreeze their assets: give the money back or we stay.
doubt that... You really Believe EU is going to go "ok Russia you get KYIV.. you win... we can restart... "
The fact that Russia has refused to open their Stock Market to "try" to avoid it completely crashing is telling


and the FACT Russia oligarchs are desperately trying to hold the Ruble's price until they convert their "personal finance" in Gold and then allow it to Free fall will be the Death Nail for non Governmental entries and shows Putins circles are only thinking of themselves not the Russian public.
https://www.reuters.com/business/fi...-purchases-domestic-market-monday-2022-02-27/

No, whats going to happen if Russia does not back off, There will be a new Iron Curtain, and the world (-china) will makeRussia person non grata. Imagine North Korea internal problems problems x 1000.... the only different is Most Russian already have taste Western lifestyle and will start questioning why 1000s are dying of hunger sickness (internet has change the ability to keep people in the dark
 
Mmmmm, I wouldn't say that now, war is never the answer. It shouldn't be, but sometimes it is, like when a certain german dictator decided to start a second world war? Would some agree war against him was the answer?
Looking in retrospect (and that's unfair, because decisions can't be made in retrospect). The conflicts that lead to the first world war could be solved without a total war, that way I believe, Germany would never have political environment for the rise of the Austrian Painter.
 
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