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[–] nanook@friendica.eskimo.com -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

@remotelove Yea sure, let the US place missiles on their border. Not a rational option.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well considering the US said they would defend Ukraine from Russia when Ukraine got rid of there nukes. Yah kind of hand tied with Russia invading.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Only problem being that Ukraine never had nukes. USSR had nukes that were stationed on the territory of Ukraine. When USSR dissolved, Russia became the successor state and inherited the nukes. This has never been in dispute.