[Info-vax] The changing world

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 7/6/22 20:10, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 7/5/2022 8:04 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 7/5/22 19:31, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 7/5/2022 10:08 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>> On 7/5/22 05:35, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 2022-07-04 at 20:10 -0400, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>>>>> What does that psychopath have
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> do before europe wakes up ?...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Invade a few more counties.
>>>>>
>>>>> Northern Ireland is a distinct possibility if he fucks it all up.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, that was supposed to be countries.  I was thinking Moldova,
>>>> Latvia, and even Poland.
>>>
>>> Latvia and Poland are members of NATO. That makes invading
>>> them unattractive.
>>>
>>> Moldovia is probably very concerned.
>>
>> Putin has been testing the waters.  He certainly wouldn't fear
>> the kind of response the US gave during WWII.  And the rest of
>> Europe doesn't really appear ready to take him on either.
> 
> Ready or not - if he attack a NATO country the rest of NATO
> are at war whether they want it or not.

You have a lot more faith in NATO today than I do.  And I served
with NATO for 6 years (quite some time ago!)

> 
> And the Russia military is not anywhere near what the Soviet
> military was. 

That I'll accept.


>                 A conventional russian attack could easily be crushed.

Only if the will to do so exists.  But how much destruction would he
rain on Europe in the meantime?

He should have been crushed in the very beginning.  But he wasn't.
That should tell you something.

bill