respectfully disagree. I don't see Ukraine surrendering after a nuclear strike.
secondly the atom bomb cemented americas positions as the number one power. Russians dropping nukes on Ukraine will not cement her position it will only elevate global hostilities and increase support for Ukraine...
yeah in general before the nukes the Japanese were considering to surrender, they were done as a fighting force. Nothing was going to stop america conquering that nation and their was no outside powers that could help sustain a war effort for Japan the same way nations are helping Ukraine too...
Its what comes after thats important. If the Japanese knew surrendering meant that their entire cultural identity, independance and history would be completely erased by the americans, they wouldn't have surrendered either.
And what comes after a Russian occupation of Ukraine is very different...
If Ukraine capitulates what will follow will be worse then nuclear strike.
The Russians will sweep the entire nation, within the first 6 months hundreds of thousands of patriotic/nationalist Ukrainians will be rounded up and executed. That means your father, your brothers or you sons could be...
The most important thing for Turks is to have the platform to display their skills. For many decades Turks who had brains could find no opportunity in Turkiye to utilise their skills. Now their are positions for intelligent and capable Turks to get to work. Japan had this opportunity for her...
yeah manpads are not going to bring civilian airliners down. Also worth keeping in mind that the PKK/YPG commies were/are given manpads by both the USA and Russia.
The moment it goes hot watch the US, EU, Russia and most Muslim majority nations come out in condemnation of Azerbaijan. Armenians yet again will be the instigators of this conflict and the international media will lie and portray them as the victims yet again.
I wonder if the greeks will send...
China will screw Russia economically for a few decades first. After they've screwed her they will then make offers to lend Russia money for land. The more Russia finds herself being screwed by the east, she will have to lower her gaze in the west.
You may even find a situation where the western...
The point is that you are asking Russia to end herself by nuking another nation, because thats what its going to set in motion. Russia is not going to drop nukes and then turn into the USA. It drops nukes and its going to be completely isolated from the world and the nations who don't isolate...
I suspect if they ever drop a nuclear bomb on Ukraine, soon after the Ukranians will drop one on Russia. Because its a given that if they get nuked the first thing they will look to do is get their own and then drop it on moscow. And most of the western world will be happy to either help them...
Billionaires don't want to die. Nuclear war means the billionaire class of Russia will die. It won't happen. They are happy wasting the peasants but the billionaire class love life too much, especially the western lifestyle where most of their families live.
Anyway if Ukraine falls, its...
From a Polish perspective it makes perfect sense. If Turkiye didnt have to worry about the US/EU i would argue that we would fall into a similar position where it makes more sense for Turkiye to enter the war, then to allow Ukraine to fall only for it to set up a future war from a much weaker...