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"Perhaps the most shocking revelation from this entire incident is just how rudderlessly the United States is sleepwalking into potential nuclear war" - Good Post. You spoiled my day.
At the top of the subject I see you warned of this source having Russian talking points, but in this case the Russian talking points come straight from Putin. Where are the American talking points in this development?
"Given that the weapon cannot be intercepted by any system, and that it reaches its targets within minutes, all European assets are now officially put on notice." - Seems to me that if US military sites were struck later today, we were put on notice.
Early in this fighting I noted how one-sided this war was. We were (merely) helping defend Ukraine, in Ukraine. None of the attacks against Russian forces were in Russia. Our support was purely defensive. Not true now.
The slippery slope people were telling us how quickly this could escalate.
But in our country, only Congress can declare war, and Congress didn't. Article I, Section 8, Clause 11, "Congress has the sole authority to declare war". Separation of powers.
Back to the first point, sleepwalking into this. I feel strange posing questions to our administration; they have no answers.
Was there a strategic purpose to firing long range missiles (a short range distance) into Russia? To win the war, or to force them into negotiations? But we are not fighting to win the war and no negotiations are offered.
Are we showing off superior weapons systems, but if Russia shot them down, that was dumber than dumb. If the threat is that we will do more, isn't that moot with no declaration of war, and backwards? Isn't it Russia who can do more?
The bombs dropped on Japan came with a message. Surrender. There is no message with this.
Why would Biden do this? Of course Biden isn't making these decisions. Who is? And why are they escalating as they're leaving? To sabotage our side? To what end? They put the whole West, the whole world at risk for no discernable reason.
Through all this do we remember China is our main adversary? And Iran.
