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boston bean

(36,529 posts) Tue Mar 1, 2022, 02:10 PM Mar 2022

Are we already in WWIII?

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Are we already in WWIII? (Original Post) boston bean Mar 2022 OP

When you slide down the precipice are you still on the cliff or on the way into the abyss below? hlthe2b Mar 2022 #1

I just can't imagine the west standing by and watching Ukrainians being slaughtered en masse boston bean Mar 2022 #2

My pacifist nature went out the window some time ago.... I'm now having "fantasies" hlthe2b Mar 2022 #3

Nicely said. He must be stopped. He has already said what he is/wants to do. boston bean Mar 2022 #4

Oh Christ, enough with the histrionics. beaglelover Mar 2022 #5

... BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #7

Arguably it isn't even sarisataka Mar 2022 #6

Fiona Hill says "yes" WarGamer Mar 2022 #8

Not yet. Elessar Zappa Mar 2022 #9

hlthe2b

(106,780 posts)

1. When you slide down the precipice are you still on the cliff or on the way into the abyss below?

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Tue Mar 1, 2022, 02:16 PM

Mar 2022

I guess it will be clear in a few days/weeks/months.

boston bean

(36,529 posts)

2. I just can't imagine the west standing by and watching Ukrainians being slaughtered en masse

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 1, 2022, 02:23 PM

Mar 2022

Won’t matter whether they are part of EU or NATO.

hlthe2b

(106,780 posts)

3. My pacifist nature went out the window some time ago.... I'm now having "fantasies"

Reply to boston bean (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 1, 2022, 02:32 PM

Mar 2022

that include taking out that enormous convoy en route to Kyiv (at a minimum) while the rest of the young Russian conscripts surrender or head back to their homes in Russia.

I don't know how we will bear seeing the slaughter of Ukrainians before our literal eyes in real-time. We had a chance to stop Hitler before the worst began. We didn't do so. Maybe it is time to learn from history and our mistakes.

And I say this as one only 60 some miles from the nearest of the multiple nuclear missile silos-- that would surely be targeted-- that line the plains from Colorado through Wyoming, Nebraska, and into the Dakotas. So while we make jokes about the lonely Air Force serviceman or woman that spends their waking hours guarding these active remnants of the cold war, no one should ever forget their presence. Especially now.

Sometimes doing what is right may carry a horrendous cost. But at least this time around the international community is closely aligned.

boston bean

(36,529 posts)

4. Nicely said. He must be stopped. He has already said what he is/wants to do.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 1, 2022, 03:55 PM

Mar 2022

So Ukrainians get slaughtered for what, him to attack a nato country then we’re in.

He has already said he wants his union back. He is not going to stop. And to give into a threat that will always be there makes us his to own.