The crank writing this article should be dismissed as soon as he says,
"Finally, as I explained in January 2025, NATO is a now military shadow of its former self and could not win a conventional war against Russia"
If you read the article all the way to the end it also states that the article was originally drafted in March 2025 but was "thought to be too radical".
A whole lot has changed since March 2025, the EU has not collapsed as he predicted. Russia's economy on the other hand is at deaths door, oil refineries and warehouses burn as Russians que for hours at petrol stations.
The writer of the article called for complete, immediate and total capitulation to every Russian demand and questions NATO's very post cold war existence all while the very country NATO was set up to deter is waging a land war in Europe. This myopic viewpoint is not a serious analysis of geopolitics yet you lap up the drivel because of your own confirmation bias.
That's the curse of the internet, we can all find articles that support our own views and biases. I hope you are comfortable living in your echo chamber as Russia falls apart because some crackpot dissenter supports what you support.
Did I fucking stutter? Read what I wrote, not what you want to think I wrote.
Wow, you flipped from a concern troll to an angry teenager very quickly, it usually takes more than that with your lot. It seems the more precarious Russia's position gets the touchier you guys get too. I also don't know why you are talking about stuttering when we are communicating via text, it probably sounded cooler in your head!
Anyway if Trump orders a tactical nuclear strike on Iran, it depends on how the world reacts.
If if if, bla bla bla. You are living in dreamland here talking about the most unlikely of scenarios, why waste our time? Even in your dreamland Russia is reactionary and not in control of the narrative.
You are correct when you say Russia has been constrained in their negligible response the Europe spending billions to kill Russian boys on the front lines. Russia has done nothing and will continue to do nothing because Russia is a yappy little dog, all bark and no bite. Russia only knows how to bully countries weaker than theirs but made a mistake in thinking Ukraine was in this category. Russia will continue to do nothing because they have nothing they can do. The only language Russia understands is violence and they are getting it.
You think Russia is bleeding the west? Delusions of grandeur buddy. If you haven't been paying attention, Putin has loaded the war debt onto Russian banks that are currently creaking. Russian people are withdrawing their savings from banks at increasing rates month on month as fears on a Russian banking collapse intensify. If anyone knows what a banking and state collapse looks like, it is the Russian people. Russia is on the clock here big time.
And all that is before actual military retaliation against infrastructure in Europe.
The only way we see this is when Putin knows all is lost and wants to goad NATO into the fight so he can pretend he lost to NATO instead of the embarrassing reality.
To be fair, the EU is currently sending billions to support the Ukrainians in their fight against Russia. The EU is open about this support, it is no secret that there is a proxy war going on with Russia.
The Russian response against the EU has been pathetically weak, attacking undersea cables in secret provides a minor inconvenience, this camera business in the article is also quite pathetic compared to what the EU is doing to Russia.
In terms of going up the escalation ladder, Russia has barely gotten to step one because they can't even handle Ukraine, why do you think they can open up a second front against NATO when they are down to Ladas and donkeys fighting Ukraine?
You also clearly do not understand the concept of mutually assured destruction, Europe has more than enough nukes to flatten Russia, the moment Russia even thinks about launching a nuke this will happen. If Russia takes out European decision making centres, British subs activate their protocol and destroy Russia. You are insane if you truly believe Russia will destroy itself over a tiny slice of Ukraine.
I think Iran has its hands pretty full fighting the USA and Israel right now. Iran is doing ok at the moment but can see Russia getting its arse whooped by the Ukrainians and cleverly decided they want none of that.
Look at you going around defending the Argentinian thugs who just produced what has been described by many as the worst world cup final performance by a team ever. Another accolade for Messi to win at the tail end of his career as one of the best players of all time.
Argentina were pathetic in the final and even worse after the final whistle. It was absolutely men against entitled little boys out there and the rest of the planet is delighted Spain and football won on the night. I only wish I could get that 2 1/2 hours of my life back. Dirty, cheating Argentine losers stole it from me like they tried to steal the world cup.
I don't know why you would think that because I definitely do not. They have even less of an excuse now that grammar and spelling checking are freely available. If the comment was intelligible I would have had some sympathy, I have no sympathy for slop.
I hate this modern world where people expect medals for trying.
Disagree VARgentina, you've gotten away with a lot of hate the last few years because of Messi's fanboys. Once he retires people will remember that Argentina are and always have been dirty cheats. At least you are the best in the world at something, chin up lad!
Only one team came to the final to play football, Spain had 20 shots 12 on target, Argentina had 2 shots with none on target in 120 mins of football. Argentina came to spoil the game and hoped to steal it on penalties. If I was an Argentina fan I would be embarrassed by the team and even more so by their petelent display at the end physically assaulting the Spanish players. The Argentinians had no right to be that upset, they were never in the game.
I'm sure the irony of responding to a bullshit comment with a bullshit comment of your own is lost on you. Your comment is a great example of the mentality of those who are pro censorship.
I would suggest learning basic grammar before responding to anyone else.
What the moron is adding to the discussion?
My 8 year old can write at a more intelligible sentence than this. I do not trust the opinions of those with an inferior intellect to him.
I was banned and had comments removed for suggesting that China was far from a socialist country and have just figured out a different approach to exploiting workers surplus labor.
Seems like this is a common theme for power tripping mods as well as any other system of power. Proves the main point I was trying to make about vertical power structures being the problem. Give most people any degree of power and it goes to their heads. Our monkey brains can't handle power.
.ml is the only place I have seen so far on Lemmy that regularly removes comments and bans users. ml crowd can't deal with opinions that differ from theirs so just ban and censor them.
They love pulling the ladder up after themselves once they get their "white" card, just like Rafael "Ted" Cruz.
Back in the 1840s a great Irishman named Daniel O'Connell addressed the Irish people going to New York asking them to abandon support for slavery and see their black brothers in the slums with them as their equals.
The Irish did not listen and were handed their whiteness by the ruling WASPs to be their enforcers, the New York police force. The Irish Americans abandoned and turned on the black community to enforce the status quo.
Good on Rubio and Cruz for keeping this long-standing tradition alive!
Loser talk buddy, absolutely irrelevant to the conversation. Almost as bad as your stutter line...
The crank writing this article should be dismissed as soon as he says,
"Finally, as I explained in January 2025, NATO is a now military shadow of its former self and could not win a conventional war against Russia"
If you read the article all the way to the end it also states that the article was originally drafted in March 2025 but was "thought to be too radical".
A whole lot has changed since March 2025, the EU has not collapsed as he predicted. Russia's economy on the other hand is at deaths door, oil refineries and warehouses burn as Russians que for hours at petrol stations.
The writer of the article called for complete, immediate and total capitulation to every Russian demand and questions NATO's very post cold war existence all while the very country NATO was set up to deter is waging a land war in Europe. This myopic viewpoint is not a serious analysis of geopolitics yet you lap up the drivel because of your own confirmation bias.
That's the curse of the internet, we can all find articles that support our own views and biases. I hope you are comfortable living in your echo chamber as Russia falls apart because some crackpot dissenter supports what you support.
Wow, you flipped from a concern troll to an angry teenager very quickly, it usually takes more than that with your lot. It seems the more precarious Russia's position gets the touchier you guys get too. I also don't know why you are talking about stuttering when we are communicating via text, it probably sounded cooler in your head!
If if if, bla bla bla. You are living in dreamland here talking about the most unlikely of scenarios, why waste our time? Even in your dreamland Russia is reactionary and not in control of the narrative.
You are correct when you say Russia has been constrained in their negligible response the Europe spending billions to kill Russian boys on the front lines. Russia has done nothing and will continue to do nothing because Russia is a yappy little dog, all bark and no bite. Russia only knows how to bully countries weaker than theirs but made a mistake in thinking Ukraine was in this category. Russia will continue to do nothing because they have nothing they can do. The only language Russia understands is violence and they are getting it.
You think Russia is bleeding the west? Delusions of grandeur buddy. If you haven't been paying attention, Putin has loaded the war debt onto Russian banks that are currently creaking. Russian people are withdrawing their savings from banks at increasing rates month on month as fears on a Russian banking collapse intensify. If anyone knows what a banking and state collapse looks like, it is the Russian people. Russia is on the clock here big time.
The only way we see this is when Putin knows all is lost and wants to goad NATO into the fight so he can pretend he lost to NATO instead of the embarrassing reality.
To be fair, the EU is currently sending billions to support the Ukrainians in their fight against Russia. The EU is open about this support, it is no secret that there is a proxy war going on with Russia.
The Russian response against the EU has been pathetically weak, attacking undersea cables in secret provides a minor inconvenience, this camera business in the article is also quite pathetic compared to what the EU is doing to Russia.
In terms of going up the escalation ladder, Russia has barely gotten to step one because they can't even handle Ukraine, why do you think they can open up a second front against NATO when they are down to Ladas and donkeys fighting Ukraine?
You also clearly do not understand the concept of mutually assured destruction, Europe has more than enough nukes to flatten Russia, the moment Russia even thinks about launching a nuke this will happen. If Russia takes out European decision making centres, British subs activate their protocol and destroy Russia. You are insane if you truly believe Russia will destroy itself over a tiny slice of Ukraine.
No, you are being down voted for being a whiney turd trying to both sides this conflict in the mistaken belief that two wrongs somehow make a right.
Was it Mrs. Doubtfire?
I think Iran has its hands pretty full fighting the USA and Israel right now. Iran is doing ok at the moment but can see Russia getting its arse whooped by the Ukrainians and cleverly decided they want none of that.
I don't need to rage, Spain won. Just calling out the lame Argentine cry babies.
Look at you going around defending the Argentinian thugs who just produced what has been described by many as the worst world cup final performance by a team ever. Another accolade for Messi to win at the tail end of his career as one of the best players of all time.
Argentina were pathetic in the final and even worse after the final whistle. It was absolutely men against entitled little boys out there and the rest of the planet is delighted Spain and football won on the night. I only wish I could get that 2 1/2 hours of my life back. Dirty, cheating Argentine losers stole it from me like they tried to steal the world cup.
I'm afraid I am fresh out of empathy and understanding when it comes to the illiterate attempting to insult my intelligence.
I don't know why you would think that because I definitely do not. They have even less of an excuse now that grammar and spelling checking are freely available. If the comment was intelligible I would have had some sympathy, I have no sympathy for slop.
I hate this modern world where people expect medals for trying.
Disagree VARgentina, you've gotten away with a lot of hate the last few years because of Messi's fanboys. Once he retires people will remember that Argentina are and always have been dirty cheats. At least you are the best in the world at something, chin up lad!
Only one team came to the final to play football, Spain had 20 shots 12 on target, Argentina had 2 shots with none on target in 120 mins of football. Argentina came to spoil the game and hoped to steal it on penalties. If I was an Argentina fan I would be embarrassed by the team and even more so by their petelent display at the end physically assaulting the Spanish players. The Argentinians had no right to be that upset, they were never in the game.
Football was the real winner.
I understand perfectly well, I am from Europe, my country has 2 recognised languages.
I showed my 8 year old both of your comments, he had a good laugh when I told him an adult wrote them.
3, 2 fluent
I'm sure the irony of responding to a bullshit comment with a bullshit comment of your own is lost on you. Your comment is a great example of the mentality of those who are pro censorship.
I would suggest learning basic grammar before responding to anyone else.
My 8 year old can write at a more intelligible sentence than this. I do not trust the opinions of those with an inferior intellect to him.
I was banned and had comments removed for suggesting that China was far from a socialist country and have just figured out a different approach to exploiting workers surplus labor.
Seems like this is a common theme for power tripping mods as well as any other system of power. Proves the main point I was trying to make about vertical power structures being the problem. Give most people any degree of power and it goes to their heads. Our monkey brains can't handle power.
.ml is the only place I have seen so far on Lemmy that regularly removes comments and bans users. ml crowd can't deal with opinions that differ from theirs so just ban and censor them.
Voldesoft, get 'em Harry!
They love pulling the ladder up after themselves once they get their "white" card, just like Rafael "Ted" Cruz.
Back in the 1840s a great Irishman named Daniel O'Connell addressed the Irish people going to New York asking them to abandon support for slavery and see their black brothers in the slums with them as their equals.
The Irish did not listen and were handed their whiteness by the ruling WASPs to be their enforcers, the New York police force. The Irish Americans abandoned and turned on the black community to enforce the status quo.
Good on Rubio and Cruz for keeping this long-standing tradition alive!