I mean of course this event fuels trumps campaign - it's an event that centers on trump. Is it helping him win votes relative to Biden? Who knows, we'll find out in the coming months
Yeah I mean at the end of the day, if Slava ukraini was actually an existential part of NATO interests, NATO would already be in it all the way. But it's not. ukraine is just a tool that the west has cynically used as a battering ram against Russia. They don't give a flying fuck about Ukrainians. We are in "Ah, well, nevertheless" territory here now.
No, they want to provoke Russia into striking capital N NATO targets to get NATO directly, officially involved to come to their rescue
Well I'd like to see ol Donny trump wriggle his way out of THIS jam! ◀️ you are now here
(trump easily wriggles his way out of the jam)
Ah! Well. Nevertheless,
Article by one of the frequent nakedcapitalism.com commenters on potential for nato boots on the ground. He thinks is very unlikely in any meaningful way. Not just because they'd get rinsed by Russia, but challenges in advance of any actual deployment.
https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/natos-phantom-armies
On the one hand this is a source of optimism because it just doesn't seem practical for nato to do more than what they're doing now. On the other hand, the futility of conventional armed conflict with Russia incentivizes nuclear escalation on the part of the west.
I feel that way about guns germs and steel. That book would have been much improved if Jared diamond had some understanding of Marxist analysis
Robert ludlum's worst novel
How much of a lib you are 📈📈📈
My patience for people who are not Data Driven 📉📉📉
This issue is the new "give them abrams/himars/f16s" that will surely turn the tide
I hear what you're saying, but I think 2008 was different in some key respects. The global financial crisis unfolded going into that election, meaning that the economy was shattered. Americans actually vote on the economy. Also, bush was clearly the "bad guy" to younger voters, while Obama was the great hope. This time around, Biden is the good guy and trump is the bad guy. Libs who are disaffected with Biden don't have anyone else to turn to.
Damn how did all those Palestinian families get shattered in the subsequent war? Who shattered them Obama, who was it?