re: #114 Testy Toad T

I mean, not necessarily. The world did not stop spinning after the Russians shot down KAL 007, or after USS Vincinnes shot down… Iranian something or other, I don’t remember the flight number.

As I’ve said earlier, this incident provokes more #OUTRAEG!!!1, but it doesn’t really change the fact that there’s no clear non-WW3 path for the West to achieve their goals in Ukraine, nor is it completely clear what those goals should actually be. IMO.

I admit to perhaps being a bit of an old cold-warrior; I’d immediately bring Ukraine and Finland into NATO, then tell the Russians to go suck it.

That being said - and admittedly, perhaps not the most practical solution - another way around is through full-on economic warfare against Russia. Again, not easy, but not impossible. The ruble is crashing as we speak in overnight markets. Even though it would be painful for the EU, perhaps a total freeze-out of Russia from European markets, especially the financial markets, as well as all-out seizure of all Russian financial assets - mind you, this is if that missile came from Russia proper.

Bring Russia to it’s damned knees. Reduce them to penury.