That's simply not your original claim, and if it is it means nothing. Notice the tautological nature of your new claim, which is, seeing as you agree ...
Sure, but this defence still requires Zelensky's words as somehow unclear. And, if we were only talking about "action must be taken", that's ambiguous...
Your exact word was "pre-condition". Pre-condition for what? A deal concerning nuclear weapons. What's the precondition again? Having nuclear weapons,...
But it is obvious. Fist Zelensky Larps as a NATO member claiming an "attack on collective security", as if Ukraine is part of some collective. This is...
You then make clear "that Ukraine doesn't have!" It cannot be clearer that you are claiming the US and Soviet Union can make deals without trusting ea...
Could also be that Poland was gearing up for a big splash with "Russian missile!", and AP got the information when that was the actual plan. Perhaps a...
Definitely also a curious aspect of the case. However, even it was a US intelligence official it may have been a legitimate leak of someone who legiti...
There's also the circumstantial evidence to consider. Missiles have been flying all over the place for over three quarters of a year, none of them fal...
I had also been thinking about the odds on this. Poland is also in the opposite direction. Of course, Russia has hit targets close the Polish border, ...
What I describe is not conjecture, but a potential scenario that makes clear the ornamental nature of any "guarantees" to any peace deal concerning Uk...
I argue these points at some length, literally cite the claims I'm rebutting that you just continuously deny ever making. Do you see Russia stopping t...
I've quoted it back to you several times: Read your own words. "this was pre-condition for the kind of agreements they could rationally pursue" and yo...
First, as a general principle, this is not a "precondition" or "rational requirement" as a state may surrender simply because they are losing. Second,...
I think the forum should nominate prizes for pseudo intellectual bullshit, and I nominate this phase. First, your idea that the US and Soviet Union en...
That's in no way a "pre-conditon" in the sense Zelensky uses it, or the sense you clearly were using it. Saying parties take information into account ...
Obviously it's not a "necessary condition" (which would obviously be false statement as that would mean it would literally not be possible to sign suc...
What general point? Having nuclear deterrence was not a "pre-condition" to entering non proliferation treatise, as countries with zero nuclear deterre...
By forced I really mean forced, and not "have really good reasons". I think the Germans had really good reasons to agree to a surrender anytime before...
You literally stated nuclear weapons were the precondition for the US and Soviet Union entering various non-proliferation agreements: Which was your e...
What's the point of your post? Why not post news snippets to news snippet aggregators on reddit or wherever? If it ever becomes relevant to the discus...
Just so delusional. If parts of reality just don't happen to be "good" for Ukraine, pointing that out isn't being pro-Russian, it's just understanding...
You agree that this situation is not anywhere close to being as bad as an actual military defeat in Kherson, positions overrun, lines routed, soldiers...
The precondition of any agreement is that the parties involved have some reason to pursue an agreement. Having nuclear weapons is not a "pre-condition...
The signal is not there. At what cost? I've pointed out the obvious now several times: what actually matters is whether these territory gains are sust...
Then we agree, this is exactly what I describe: a "bad thing" but not some total disaster and strong signal Russia's military just can't compete with ...
The reason you have legal language in international agreements and arrangements is because if the states concerned intend to actually do whatever it i...
You literally cite exactly what I describe: Key words: International agreements are all voluntary. And so, a "guarantee" is likewise a voluntary thing...
First, the deterrence means was not a pre-condition of the agreement but what the agreement was about (we both have too much deterrence to our mutual ...
No. No one is forced to make agreements. Even if a party can't possibly win, even then sometimes a party will not surrender and the other party does w...
Was I talking about that? Or was I talking about what I literally stated: routing the Russians and encircling them in and around Kherson. Ukraine laun...
The only thing to add to your analysis is that the US will choose the interpretation that fits their existing policy choice. If they want to escalate ...
You are just underlining my point that agreements are carried out in international relations not because of any sort of guarantee or legal system that...
First, do you see thousands, if not tens of thousands, of stuck or captured Russian troops? This was the scenario under discussion at the time. Ukrain...
Although I agree with your criticism of false dichotomies and barriers to peace tossed around to justify more violence without any coherent plan, I th...
You clearly did not read what I wrote the first time, therefore I repeated it. What else do you expect? First, let's correct your statement to say "pe...
Did you read my comment? I literally describe your thought process. "Tolerate" and "get away with it" implies some power to do something about whateve...
This would be true if any daughter of literally anyone in Russia was murdered by a Ukrainian operation. And war policy hawks, even "philosophical" one...
@"Isaac"@"Isaac" I seriously doubt it. Putin has never met Dugin and never referenced him. We were first told the sanctions would compel powerful olig...
Now, if I remember one of the recent discussions, the idea proposed was Ukrainian state decision to wage uncompromising war was "democratish" due to m...
This was headline news ... are you sure you've been following the same conflict? "You're free to do what the king says! And to fight in the king's arm...
You're always going to have the problem that some troops are needed to protect the retreat who, which is particularly more problematic across a water ...
Russia has been building massive fortifications all along the front. The strategy since September seems to be to just defend at minimal cost to themse...
You can't ban the opposition parties, ban dissenting media, ban people leaving the country, impose marshal law (i.e. no due process), and then call wh...
That's extremely far fetched. Supplying arms is one thing. US et. al. supplies a lot of arms to a lot of people, as do the Russians and Chinese. It is...
Kherson is not "free". None of the critical fundamental freedoms (freedom of speech, freedom of movement, freedom to associate etc.) are currently ava...
There is severe negative political consequences of Russia using nuclear weapons right now, which explains why they haven't used them. However, it woul...
Also not a fact. There is really no rational reason for NATO to intervene even if Russia uses nuclear weapons. It's precisely because of this basic ra...
This is very naive. Although tactical nukes have never been used in a battle and we don't "know" what affect they would have, the idea we can assume t...
Yes, we agree. And as we agreed months ago Russia is waiting to see how winter plays out. Already European CEO's are starting to warn about gas suppli...
The difference between deterrence and ransom is strictly a legal one. If I point a gun that may deter you from doing action X, if I'm in the right and...
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