re: #621 Dr Lizardo

There’s a good deal of internal dissent in Russia, and it’s ruthlessly oppressed. That bothers me a good deal. And you’re right, I should have said that Russia could be a first-rate power, but thus far, well…..they’ve just been unlucky. Except for WWII, where they had the great good fortune to go up against a Commander-in-Chief whose colossal incompetence was Russia’s greatest ally. Hitler’s bungling was worth three or four armored divisions all by itself.

You are vastly underestimating the Red Army of WWII, and its generals. They did not just win because of Hitler’s incompetence. They were an incredible military on every level.

As to the last one - it’s worth it on what I consider unique circumstances. In this case, that “unique circumstance” is defined - for me - as moving outside of the Crimean Peninsula and attempting to conquer the entire territory of Ukraine and install a pro-Russian government in violation of the people of Ukraine’s sovereignty.

So it’s not because they might threaten Europe, it’s doing this on its own?

was that when a bully starts pushing people around, he needs to be taken down. Period.

And right now, Russia’s being a bully.

The US, both pre-and-post-WWII has been a bully in similar ways, though. Our support of the corrupt South Vietnamese, for example. The US has, both for good and ill, pushed people around.

Your reasons keep changing, from this domino theory to this psychological way to get Russia to collapse to simply saying we should do it in the circumstances of a nation being a bully.

Edit: And it’s fine that there’s these different reasons, I just want to know if it’s, like, a medley of all of these, or if some are more important, or what.