Russia threatens ‘universal nuclear war’ if NATO peacekeepers enter Ukraine @NATO @UN
All NATO has to do is annul Ukraine's application for membership. That or roll the dice & hope the world doesn't end in nuclear holocaust. This is bigger than Ukraine.
@NATO
Are you all incompetent dunces to not take seriously Putin's security concerns about the ever-eastward expanding NATO going back to 2007? B/c you ignored the Russian Federation's perceived existential threat to its sovereignty (Ukraine is Russia's
'Cuban Missile Crisis') Putin believed he had to force Ukraine into neutrality by this "special military operation", esp. if he thought Russia & Ukraine going to war over Crimea was an inevitability. He said that if Ukraine tries to take Crimea back by military actions and is a
NATO member, all of NATO would be at war w/ Russia. You're either blind, dumb, incompetent, bereft of critical analysis or deranged. NATO's brushing off Russia's security concerns is the catalyst for the conflict, but blame Putin. Are you that stupid? Hand Ukraine the pink slip.
Reading The HD Tea Leaves:
DPRK releases state-produced video of Kim Jong-un overseeing the launch of Hwasong-17 ICBM. What is the message?
via @YouTube
2/This is like a Rorschach test. What do you see?
I) A "rogue regime" headed by a "murderous dictator" whose people have no freedom or knowledge of the outside world bent on forcefully reunifying the Korean Peninsula by force & who uses fear to subjugate the North Korean people?
3/Or:
II) A sovereign country de facto No First Use nuclear state that believes the only way to guarantee its security against US treats of preemptive nuclear first strike (rhetoric Yoon has already used), regime change & decapitation strike (& threats of other states) is thru
Why There Is A Lunatic In The Blue House:
"People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol defended his position on "preemptive strike" against North Korea, saying that such a plan would curb war and protect peace in a live broadcast TV debate.” koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20…
2/"The president should exercise leadership to prevent the war itself from happening. I think it’s a rash remark," Sim Sang-jeung of the Justice Party told Yoon in the debate.
In response, Yoon said, "We are not trying to wage war, but to curb it," adding, "The kill chain, which
3/"is called a preliminary blow, is to protect peace."
However, Sim said, "The effectiveness of the kill chain is limited. A preemptive strike is going straight to war. It is like a declaration of war.""
Sim's remark deserves emphasizing:
A PREEMPTIVE STRIKE IS GOING STRAIGHT TO
The straw that broke the camel’s back and pushed Putin too far 👇:
Ukraine–NATO relations en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%E…
“At the June 2021 Brussels Summit, NATO leaders reiterated the decision taken at the 2008 Bucharest Summit that Ukraine would become a member of the Alliance with the
2/“Membership Action Plan (MAP) as an integral part of the process and Ukraine's right to determine its future and foreign policy, of course without outside interference. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also stressed that Russia will not be able to veto Ukraine's
3/“accession to NATO "as we will not return to the era of spheres of interest, when large countries decide what smaller ones should do."”
Zelensky is now caught b/t Scylla and Charybdis, b/t a Russian invasion bent on making Ukraine neutral and NATO’s welcoming Ukraine’s
North Korea last month blamed the Ukraine crisis on the "hegemonic policy" and "high-handedness" of the United States and the West. reuters.com/world/russia-n…
[A correct view. US & NATO pushed Putin too far. Ukraine is Russia’s ‘Cuban missile crisis’.]
2/Plus the DPRK has always had an affinity for Russian culture since its socialist ideology was originally cut from the same cloth as the Soviet Union’s.
3/For the same reasons the US could never allow Russian missiles in Cuba, Russia could never allow NATO missiles in Ukraine. The 2008 Bucharest summit put Ukraine on a track to NATO membership. Putin has risked war to nip this existential threat
Electric vehicles have a higher upfront cost
In terms of pricing, an EV is equivalent to an entry-level luxury car. cnbc.com/amp/2021/12/29…
2/“The average transaction price for an electric vehicle (EV) is $56,437, according to Kelley Blue Book — roughly $10,000 higher than the overall industry average of $46,329 that includes gas and EVs. In terms of pricing, an EV is equivalent to an entry-level luxury car.”
‘Yes, He Would’: Fiona Hill on Putin and Nukes politi.co/3400f9r via @politico
Fiona Hill: “There’s lots of danger ahead, she warned. Putin is increasingly operating emotionally and likely to use all the weapons at his disposal, including nuclear ones.”
Completely wrong.
2/“Putin is acting emotionally” is her whacked irrational theory likely fueled by her own emotion. It’s impossible for her to know that. The entire Western narrative is unmoored from reality, which is that Putin’s endgame is a neutral Ukraine, and the last thing he’ll do is
3/trigger Article 5 or launch a nuke. Her remarks in my view just shred all her credibility. Putin’s an ultra-rational chess player who thinks 8-9 moves ahead, and a black belt in Judo, and has proactively taken action to wrest the security guarantee he’s asked NATO to address