• 1bluepixel@lemmy.ml
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    I have to believe this is just posturing for the people at home on the part of Zelenskyy. He has to know immediate membership of Ukraine into NATO means direct war with Russia leading to nuclear escalation, as Ukraine would immediately invoke Article 5.

    Just saying “Ukraine will be invited to NATO once the conflict is over” is enough; it means whatever territory Russia gets to keep over the course of this conflict is it, because then Ukraine becomes NATO territory. It forces Russia to try and win it all (which they can’t) because there won’t be another invasion of Ukraine.

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      Yeah, that’s what I’ve been thinking too. Zelenskyy had to know that a NATO invitation right now is not realistic. I think it’s posturing to invite constituents in other countries to also act offended that Ukraine isn’t helped more, which then would be in the form of more war support, since it can’t really be much else. Can’t blame him for always taking all opportunities to get more support.

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      Since yesterday I’ve been wondering:

      If NATO declares that Ukraine joins after the war, wouldn’t that mean for Putin that he can’t sell a peace deal to his people?

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        I think you’re right. And I think NATO wants Russia to completely commit to a war they can’t win until the government collapses and/or rethinks its global strategy.

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      So tired of people saying we shouldn’t fight Russia because they may fight back.

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    I’m sure Zelenskyy knows this isn’t realistic, it’s just politicking.

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    If they offer an invitation right now, then this is no longer a war between Ukraine and Russia, it will be a war between NATO and Russia. How do you think that ends?

    WW3 may be the last world war. No one is eager to start it.

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      I don’t know with what weapons world war 3 will be fought, but world war 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.

      It’s usually attributed to Einstein but I’m not sure if that’s true. It’s hard to believe any quote that’s attributed to him at this point, honestly.

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      It already has been a war between Russia and Nato. Where do you think Ukraine is getting all of their military equipment?

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      It ends with Russia losing. As long as NATO makes it explicitly clear they will not attack Russian territory nor violate Russian sovereignty Russia has no basis to escalate beyond Ukraine. A nuclear war between Russia and NATO would result in the total destruction of Russia (and everything else of course). Russia wouldn’t start one unless they felt their existence was threatened.

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    “It’s unprecedented and absurd when a timeframe is not set, neither for the invitation nor for Ukraine’s membership,” he wrote.

    Well, maybe that’s because there doesn’t exist a clear timeline for when the war will be over. Or, as Stoltenberg put it:

    Because if Ukraine doesn’t prevail, then there’s no membership issue to discuss.

    Sorry but it was simply incredibly naive to expect an invitation at this summit. Literally nobody but Ukrainian politicians have said something about that, and of course, they were just speculating. It also would’ve been way too surprising given the positions of Turkey and Hungary…

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    I was also under the impression that it was standard practice not to admit new NATO members currently engaged in a conflict. Quickly skimming through the literature though, doesn’t seem like it’s a hard and fast rule.

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      Yes and NATO will not admit them unless the war is over. But I would imagine when the war is over they might make a quick proses out of it.

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    Does Zelensky actually think he’s joining NATO? America won’t let go of such an easy proxy war puppet otherwise NATO would have 60+ members by now.