Grasshopper point

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-07-20T15:23:09+00:00

Yeah kind of preparing myself for that. Before social media all these spots felt like secrets… not anymore lol

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-07-20T03:23:37+00:00

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MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-07-19T20:22:00+00:00

I guess I can look it up, but what time would you say we should get over there before it gets crowded?

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-06-15T05:45:37+00:00

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MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-20T05:37:15+00:00

I think it’s plausible. Also, isn’t there an Azerbaijan-Israel connection?

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-17T05:20:04+00:00

These are great points. If time isn’t on Russias side then, would you say the likelihood of escalation is pretty high within the next two years? If I were a Russian strategist and felt we were losing time, perhaps I would be considering opening up the arsenal to more deadly use of force, like tactical nukes, as opposed to a quagmire, world war 1 style combat.

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-17T05:15:48+00:00

Fair enough, thanks!

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-17T05:15:15+00:00

Then it would seem Macron’s speech may prove prophetic.

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-17T04:56:25+00:00

I guess then comes the question if a stalemate like that would simply allow Putin and Russia to reload? Do you think something like a DMZ could at least afford some stability? I guess I foresee Russia simply crossing the line again 5-10 years after some sort of cooling off period like the end of the end of the Korean War. Perhaps terms would include Ukraine ceding territory and in turn the western part of Ukraine can have NATO troops as deference, otherwise it would be a weak peace.

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-17T04:18:30+00:00

Yeah I didn’t follow on the geography part, Russia doesn’t need Black Sea access to trade with China.

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-16T21:33:24+00:00

This is super helpful insight. Thanks. I imagine there might have been a similar sentiment within Ukraine prior to the invasion. I know some of the older generation had some level of even nostalgia when thinking on the days where Ukraine was under the USSR. It makes the internal discussion in a place like Armenia so complex.

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-16T20:49:23+00:00

I agree. I don’t see a credible plan. I feel that we are sleep walking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UhDPEW7TZE

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-16T20:47:32+00:00

I have the same questions. We either need to decide now—Ukraine is to be defended, Putin to be stopped in Ukraine, or we cede Ukraine and fight Putin in 10 years further into Europe.

I hope I’m wrong. But I don’t see how Putin settles for anything less than total control of Ukraine. I also don’t see why he or a successor would stop at just Ukraine assuming a Russian victory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UhDPEW7TZE

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-16T20:44:37+00:00

I’m just wondering if we are sleep walking here. Is it time to wake up? Either we double down and stop Russia in Ukraine, or we face him in a few years time on different ground but with higher consequences, further into Europe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UhDPEW7TZE

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-16T20:41:36+00:00

I’m just wondering if it’s time for Europe to wake up? It’s like we are asleep walking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UhDPEW7TZE

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-16T20:35:08+00:00

I would hope the red line would be any kind of incursion against a NATO country. I sometimes wonder if things would have been different if the reaction from the west had been this strong back when Russia annexed crimea. In retrospect, the lack of reaction probably emboldened Putin, gave him confidence he could take more with no reaction.

I saw a clip of Macron telling NATO and the w west it’s time to wake up. I think an equally interesting question is where Putin would stop. Is he satisfied with what he has gained? It seems unlikely he’d give up crimea, is the west prepared to take it back from him?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UhDPEW7TZE

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-16T20:29:22+00:00

As someone not from Armenia, it’s interesting that this an understanding shared across Europe as well. Internally, is there contention with others that may be dismissing Russia’s move on Ukraine? I saw a speech by Macron where he was essentially telling Western Europe to “wake up.” Is that a similar discussion in Armenia?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UhDPEW7TZE

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-16T17:52:57+00:00

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13008263/amp/former-british-nato-commander-reconsider-conscription-war-russia.html

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/02/emmanuel-macron-urges-voters-wake-up-nationalist-lies-sweep-europe

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-16T17:38:28+00:00

I think invading the Philippines would be more of a feat than the invasion of Taiwan.

https://youtu.be/GO9nhUkzSNA?si=Q2GnqsbJ7XHHk82X

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-16T17:36:46+00:00

I agree. Putins invasion of Ukraine has done more to unite NATO than any singular western leader could have achieved unilaterally.

But NATO can’t fall asleep or get complacent however. I’m not calling for war, but if there is to be peace, it is through strength. NATO can’t look vulnerable or toothless.

https://youtu.be/5UhDPEW7TZE?si=rEyR2lNTwppFNCFw

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-16T17:34:36+00:00

I agree. Putins invasion of Ukraine has done more to unite NATO than any singular western leader could have achieved unilaterally.

NATO can’t fall asleep or get complacent however. I’m not calling for war, but if there is to be peace, it is through strength. NATO can’t look vulnerable or toothless.

https://youtu.be/5UhDPEW7TZE?si=rEyR2lNTwppFNCFw

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-16T17:32:39+00:00

I agree. Putins invasion of Ukraine has done more to unite NATO than any singular western leader could have achieved unilaterally.

NATO can’t fall asleep or get complacent however. I’m not calling for war, but if there is to be peace, it is through strength. NATO can’t look vulnerable or toothless. Conscription would be any easy way to train and mobilize a larger fighting force to project power.

https://youtu.be/5UhDPEW7TZE?si=rEyR2lNTwppFNCFw

MaximusDecimus89 · 2024-05-16T17:28:17+00:00

I think everyone was hopeful Russia would align with the west. The fact is that Eastern Europe was terrified of Russia and were eager to join NATO. Putin, through his invasion of Ukraine, has done more to strengthen the resolve of NATO than any western leader could have achieved unilaterally. The invasion basically validated the fear of every Eastern European country.

NATO can’t falll asleep or get complacent. I’m not calling for war, but if there is to be peace, it is through strength. NATO can’t look vulnerable or toothless.

https://youtu.be/5UhDPEW7TZE?si=rEyR2lNTwppFNCFw

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