'..Russia can be defeated if Ukraine is armed properly.''..the US is reinforcing a policy that will lead to the world-wide spread of nuclear weapons.
Overall, it shows that Ukraine is being made to suffer because its not a nuclear power.
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..It also shows that great intellectual poverty of the US trying to delay the delivery of F-16s for so long. They could at least play a role strengthening Ukrainian defensive capabilities—even though they are far less sophisticated than what the Israelis and US used last night.
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..Russia can be defeated if Ukraine is armed properly.
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..The Ukrainians need the help more than Israel—and yet the US helps Israel more than Ukraine.
The answer seems to be that the US is desperate to in its minds limit the chance of Israeli escalation and is not really that bothered about Ukraine having the ability to escalate. Well, the big difference in escalation concerns is that Israel is a nuclear power and Ukraine is not.
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..Europe is actually very poorly defended by nuclear weapons if the USA goes home—reliant on the very small UK and French deterrents. As a first order, Europe will have to have a serious discussion about how its nuclear capabilities are going to be strengthened. The alternative will be dictation by larger nuclear powers. More about this in the coming week.'
- Prof. Phillips P. O’Brien,
Weekend Update #76: A Tale of Two Raids: Ukraine Has No Nuclear Weapons So Must Suffer, April 14, 2024
Context(Ukraine must win) - '..the US [is] not providing aid to Ukraine .. [the US] shows a total lack of understanding of war..'(The Russian energy sector is a military target)(US is unreliable) - Putin’s Achilles Heel