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Michael Morrise 莫永智's avatar

Interesting. I hadn’t thought about the rare earth minerals in Ukraine!

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Thanh's avatar

One opinion that I have is that Russia is threatening the use of nukes fulling knowing it will rattle western countries cages. I dont think they will actually use it. Its just a talking point for some people to latch on to. Ukraine is fighting a defensive war cause Russia invaded them. Nato is a defensive alliance, no nato country will threaten Russia sovereignty. If Ukraine wants to join nato, it is between Ukraine and nato.

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Christopher Diep's avatar

Putin perceives it differently. He brought up Napoleon as if he sees NATO led by the French invading Russia.

https://youtu.be/LTuU4uiuziQ?feature=shared

Let’s say you are Putin and are concerned about an invasion because you see Ukraine joining France in NATO. Would you actually consider using nuclear weapons?

Also, let’s consider how Ukraine used to be part of the Soviet Union. American history suggests that states cannot leave. They cannot secede… or does that not apply to Europe?

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Thanh's avatar

Really well throughout article. I like your analyst on the white house meeting. Let's hope we never have ai controlled nukes!

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