Several officials even suggested that Mr. Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine that were taken from it after the fall of the Soviet Union. : worldnews

[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 33 points 4 days ago

Liberals yearn for WW3.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 4 days ago

[-] Bart@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 4 days ago

How badly do they want nuclear war, this is crazy. I really don't understand why people think this is a good idea. Especially with those fascists, everyone knows that Russia won't except this.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 4 days ago

Seems like they'd rather we all die than admit that Russia won.

[-] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 4 days ago

Tbf we have been predicting that the empire might rather see the world burn than admit defeat. I kinda hoped it was a joke.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 4 days ago

same

[-] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 days ago

They will choose to destroy the earth instead of letting it live without their control

[-] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 22 points 4 days ago

we need to give venezuela nukes don't we mr. president xi-pog

[-] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 4 days ago

Venezuela, Iran, Cuba, Syria, Palestine. Put nukes in all these places aimed at the pasty faces of the imperialists.

[-] GlueBear@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 4 days ago

~~Cuban missile crisis~~

Venezuelan missile crisis 🗣️🔥

[-] OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 4 days ago

Let's keep playing Nuclear Chicken! It's such an adrenaline rush!

[-] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 4 days ago

They really can't help themselves. Sensationalist news shouldn't come from the "paper of record" but here we are.

[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 4 days ago

does ukraine even have the capability to repurpose these?

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 4 days ago

doubt it

[+] eldavi@lemmy.ml -9 points 4 days ago

i think that another one of the sadder take aways from the ukrainian war is that you should never give up your nuclear arsenal once you have them.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 4 days ago

Ukraine never had a nuclear arsenal. USSR had nuclear weapons stationed in Ukraine, and Russia became the inheritor state when USSR dissolved.

[-] davel@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 4 days ago

Would keeping their nukes have prevented US-backed coups in 2004 and 2014? If not, then it’s for the best that they gave them up before the Banderites took power.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

very good point; mevermind

[-] MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Maybe? Whether a country has nukes it could use to retaliate has to be part of the "should we coup/color revolution this country?" calculus.

[-] davel@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 4 days ago

One might argue that we couped the entire Warsaw Pact.

[-] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 4 days ago

Nothing to argue, this is what happened. Literally all former warsaw treaty countries, sans Belorussia, had western backed coups.

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