The west has similar red lines – no nukes stationed too close to the USA, no enemy countries at the border (See Cuban missile crisis).
Ukraine is not part of the “west” and the western elite barely care about the Ukrainian population
dbratell on
If you make threats you better be prepared to follow through. Russia’s “red lines” are just them trying to scare people and not something to mirror.
DirtyReseller on
It’s pointless for the west to set a redline. Russia hasn’t “logic-ed” itself into this position, and it’s going to be an unpredictable end IMO. I could also see it happening in 2025.
spyderhummus on
Obama tried that in Syria. Putin went over them and Obama was left with a shocked pikachu face.
Most of these redlines are BS, especially Putin ones. If you gonna do something, you do it. You don’t talk.
Lazy_Haze on
Russia have crossed all possible red lines, don’t forget they have done countless war-crimes and is doing stuff like torturing kids to death. So setting up some reasonable red lines now that Russia haven’t already crossed is impossible
kihraxz_king on
Attacking another sovereign nation IS the damn red line.
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The west has similar red lines – no nukes stationed too close to the USA, no enemy countries at the border (See Cuban missile crisis).
Ukraine is not part of the “west” and the western elite barely care about the Ukrainian population
If you make threats you better be prepared to follow through. Russia’s “red lines” are just them trying to scare people and not something to mirror.
It’s pointless for the west to set a redline. Russia hasn’t “logic-ed” itself into this position, and it’s going to be an unpredictable end IMO. I could also see it happening in 2025.
Obama tried that in Syria. Putin went over them and Obama was left with a shocked pikachu face.
Most of these redlines are BS, especially Putin ones. If you gonna do something, you do it. You don’t talk.
Russia have crossed all possible red lines, don’t forget they have done countless war-crimes and is doing stuff like torturing kids to death. So setting up some reasonable red lines now that Russia haven’t already crossed is impossible
Attacking another sovereign nation IS the damn red line.