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Posted
Just now, Sawbonz said:

Aren’t we treaty bound to back Poland in armed conflict?

I'm sure someone will come along and tell me if I'm wrong, but if Poland goes charging offensively into Russia, we aren't bound to follow them.

If Poland says, "we have been attacked by Russia's self-induced nuke cloud" then I'm not sure where we go from there.  

Posted
24 minutes ago, Auto Driller said:

I could see the nuke plant attack being a false flag to justify mobilization to a domestic audience. Another possibility is that they do it with the idea that it’ll degrade the western appetite to continue supporting Ukraine in the war effort. The idea being that when we see how dirty / dangerous the conflict has become we’ll reassess whether Ukraine really matters that much.

It’s a completely psychopathic and disgusting frame of mind, but that’s who Putin is.

The two main motivations I see:

1. Putin's primary vulnerability is the approval of the Russians. This could be an attempt to flood the already corrupt news with "Ukraine is trying to create a nuclear disaster" instead of "Crimea is under assault, everyone is fleeing, and all our planes and ammo dumps are getting destroyed!". They may or may not intend to actually go through with it. If they do intend to go through with it in this scenario, the additional motivation might be:

2. I read some experts suggesting they might be trying to destroy portions of the plant that provide electricity to Ukraine and Europe (when Ukraine is selling electricity). I don't know how accurate this is, or the specifics of how this works. But, if this is the case, they could be staging the destruction to blame it on Ukraine while accomplishing the objective of removing it from Ukraine's grid. 

Posted
3 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

I'm sure someone will come along and tell me if I'm wrong, but if Poland goes charging offensively into Russia, we aren't bound to follow them.

If Poland says, "we have been attacked by Russia's self-induced nuke cloud" then I'm not sure where we go from there.  

I’m sure they will push pretty hard on the second rationale. And I don’t see how we can refuse without breaking NATO

Posted
Just now, Sawbonz said:

I’m sure they will push pretty hard on the second rationale. And I don’t see how we can refuse without breaking NATO

They buy their weapons from us.  They're not going charging into anywhere without a long talk with us.  I'm sure there would be difficult discussions. 

Posted
55 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:


NATO is not an offensive force, no matter how many times Russia says it.

Ukraine is not a NATO member.

So how do you reckon NATO is going to war without one of its members being attacked?

 

49 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

If a radioactive cloud hovers over NATO land, that's essentially a nuclear attack on a NATO country. I think it's pretty safe to assume it's go time if that happens.

This answers the question.  The intent of setting off a nuclear dirty bomb is to cause harm to surrounding countries -- Russia is using the plant as a terrorist device intended to harm other European nations.   That's different than the accidental fuckup of Chernobyl.  It is as deliberate a radiation attack on European nations as if Russia flew a bomber overhead and released radioactive contaminants directly onto European soil.  Poland etc. would have a very credible argument that it was an intentional act of aggression against them and Article 5 should be invoked.

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Posted (edited)
1 minute ago, Schulz2.0 said:

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I'm not saying Poland isn't a member of NATO, just that Poland on its own is not NATO and cannot make decisions for NATO unilaterally.

I was being glib.

Poland can't Leroy Jenkins this shit, in surly parlance.

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Posted
3 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

I'm not saying Poland isn't a member of NATO, just that Poland on its own is not NATO and cannot make decisions for NATO unilaterally.

I was being glib.

Poland can't Leroy Jenkins this shit, in surly parlance.

They can go in as Poland alone though, presumably. And expect/demand nato to follow. 

Posted (edited)
5 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

They can go in as Poland alone though, presumably. And expect/demand nato to follow. 

No, I don't think so.  I think this is wrong both from NATO and general diplomatic standards.

My understanding is that Article 5 is triggered by an attack from someone outside NATO attacking a NATO member.  It's nonsensical that it would require any member to follow another member into a war of choice. 

Just generally, you're not going to get far taking offensive action without first conferring with your allies.  If you attack first, then try a coalition later, chances are your friends are going to be standing on the sidelines saying, "You're on your own."

I mean, yes, theoretically Poland could charge into Belarus and on to Russia on its own and then ask for us to follow.  But I don't think that's very likely. 

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Posted
1 hour ago, Schulz2.0 said:

Stop countries like India, China, and Brazil from doing business with Russia.

Fucking BRICs. That partnership was solely created to try to make the world less of a US lead world. 

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Posted
Just now, Chad Fuck said:

No, I don't think so.  I think this is wrong both from NATO and general diplomatic standards.

My understanding is that Article 5 is triggered by an attack from someone outside NATO attacking a NATO member.  It's nonsensical that it would require any member to follow another member into a war of choice. 

Just generally, you're not going to get far taking offensive action without first conferring with your allies.  If you attack first, then try a coalition later, chances are your friends are going to be standing on the sidelines saying, "You're on your own."

Russia producing radioactive fallout in Poland is the initial attack. Poland would be responding, and they shouldn’t have to wait for nato approval to do so.  Whether all of nato mounts up to ride with them is another matter. 
 

of course this is just my worthless opinion of how it should be, and may not in any way be reflective of what it is. 
 

but how can nato be seen as a real thing if it doesn’t support a member state?

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Posted (edited)
37 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

I'm sure someone will come along and tell me if I'm wrong, but if Poland goes charging offensively into Russia, we aren't bound to follow them.

If Poland says, "we have been attacked by Russia's self-induced nuke cloud" then I'm not sure where we go from there.  

 

5 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

No, I don't think so.  I think this is wrong both from NATO and general diplomatic standards.

My understanding is that Article 5 is triggered by an attack from someone outside NATO attacking a NATO member.  It's nonsensical that it would require any member to follow another member into a war of choice. 

Just generally, you're not going to get far taking offensive action without first conferring with your allies.  If you attack first, then try a coalition later, chances are your friends are going to be standing on the sidelines saying, "You're on your own."

If Russia intentionally causes radioactive material to spread across Europe, I can guarantee you it will be viewed as an attack and trigger article 5. And we should be very clearly communicating that to Russia right now. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean all out war with Russia. But it would definitely trigger NATO forces to eliminate Russia's presence in Ukraine. And that would be appropriate response in my view. 

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Posted
1 hour ago, Chad Fuck said:

Russia is staging this nuke plant attack so they can have an excuse for general mobilization. What they need most now is more warm bodies and they can’t get them and maintain their legitimacy within the legal framework they set for themselves at home. But if the “barbarians attack” a nuke plant - or we attack Russia in response - they have a their reason and away we go.

I think it's more likely that Russia acts ready to blow the nuclear plant so they can force a cease-fire, and squat on the ground they've gained like it's a European North Korea.

Posted
1 minute ago, RDCanecutter said:

I think it's more likely that Russia acts ready to blow the nuclear plant so they can force a cease-fire, and squat on the ground they've gained like it's a European North Korea.

Also a possibility. 

Posted
1 minute ago, NorthLoop said:

Well if NATO says "ok let's go in", and Poland says "me first!", we'd probably say "go ahead, Leeroy" 

Make no mistake...Poland going all LEEEROY would result in Russia mirroring a Dexter victim.  

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Posted
2 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

 

Russia intentionally causes radioactive material to spread across Europe, I can guarantee you it will be viewed as an attack and trigger article 5. And we should be very clearly communicating that to Russia right now. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean all out war with Russia. But it would definitely trigger NATO forces to eliminate Russia's presence in Ukraine. And that would be appropriate response in my view. 

I agree with all of this.

Posted
4 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Also a possibility. 

Or they could just be fucking Russians so some unintended fucking Russian shit stumbles into being that is worse than anything they could dream up.

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Posted
4 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Or they could just be fucking Russians so some unintended fucking Russian shit stumbles into being that is worse than anything they could dream up.

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Who knew that google got googled enough to fill in for "zombie Russian soldiers" which is what I think of everytime this nuke plant comes up...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_of_the_Dead_Men

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The Germans became panicked by the appearance of the Russians, who were coughing up blood and bits of their own lungs, as the hydrochloric acid formed by the mix of the chlorine gas and the moisture in their lungs had begun to dissolve their flesh. 

 

Posted
10 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

I'm starting to feel like Russia is going to fuck around and destroy the nuclear plant.  They keep announcing that it's going to be destroyed.

What the fuck are they going to tell the Russian public and the rest of the world?

"THE US AND UKRAINE SHELLED A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO INVADE UKRAINE EVEN HARDER AS WE CELEBRATE THE 180TH DAY OF OUR 3-DAY WAR!!!"

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They want to distract their populace from focusing on the real issue which is that they invaded another country and are now losing.

Additionally, if the US/NATO or anyone intervenes in any way that involves people (clean up/containment) or military support Putin can point to this and say "See, I was right that this is all US/NATO and not us invading a country and losing, so we now have to call this a war and go to general mobilization!"

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Posted
7 minutes ago, Orange&White said:

Putin agreeing to that essentially means that he in fact does not agree to that.

Yerp.

He's not going to let them in, and then say it was the Ukrainians fault.  If they're lucky, it'll be just them turning around at the gate, and not pics of their corpses with Nazi and Ukrainian flags on them.  

 

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Posted
1 hour ago, utee94 said:

How much does Putin love lying directly to Macron's face?

After the events of the past 7 or 8 months, I'm thinking the answer is... A LOT.

There is masturbating, then there is Putin furiously rubbing one out while lying to Macron. Just next level stuff. 

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Posted
19 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

There is masturbating, then there is Putin furiously rubbing one out while lying to Macron. Just next level stuff. 

I guess Brigitte is just sitting around watching the show?

 

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If Russia continues to play around at the nuke plant, I’m betting things like ATACMS are on the table for Ukraine at the very least.

Ukrainian Independence Day is coming up, so I assume Putin’s fucking around will culminate then. 

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Posted
1 minute ago, RDCanecutter said:

Keep the Russian AA troops up night and day, burning ammo they can hardly replace.

Yup and could be a diversion and for them to move more surface to air Defense there. This puts them on their toes which is great  

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