re: #214 steve_davis

rational man approach. always assume you’re opponent will make sane decisions. if you assume your opponent is insane, then there is literally nothing you can do that will thwart them from doing whatever it is their delusions direct them to do. If Putin is insane, then backing down from him may be the spark that a megalomaniac needs to believe further invasion, or use of nukes, is viable.

At the same time, you don’t put a rational man in a position where he comes to believe that a limited nuclear war is a rational option. So yes, we keep helping Ukraine fight for itself as much as we can, but we do not directly intervene and get NATO forces into a shooting war with the Russian army.