rm-rd t1_j9syg5y wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Boris Johnson calls on UK to 'break the ice' by sending fighter jets to Ukraine - and warns China against 'historic mistake' by R1ckCrypto
IMO the most escalatory thing that can happen is the war drags on, without giving Putin an excuse to back out.
The evil NATO jets (as Russia will probably call them) could both shorten the war (thus fewer lives lost on both sides) and give Putin a scapegoat for his loss.
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lollypatrolly t1_j9tcobz wrote
> They end up being used to push the war into Russia forcing a much more desperate defensive Russian escalation.
Pushing the war into Russia is a purely good thing, Ukraine needs to strike military assets on the Russian side in order to win the war. It's unambiguously good and there are no downsides.
>The ability to project into Russia increases Russia's willingness to retaliate openly or covertly against the nation giving the jet-- potentially forcing the escalation to full world war.
Russia lacks the capability to "retaliate", and they lack the casus belli as well. There is zero chance they do anything to the west no matter what type of weapon Ukraine is given. And they're already doing everything they possibly can to Ukraine, there's no further step in the escalation ladder.
>and I'm sure the world's top diplomats can't compare to your genius
The world's top diplomats and military leaders all agree with me on this.
>but there's some pretty obvious ways that this could create blowback
No, there's no possibility of weapon deliveries to Ukraine creating "blowback" from Russia. The only type of blowback you might see is in domestic politics, where you might lose the votes of fearful idiot voters. And even then that might only happen in a select few countries, considering citizens of most western nations overwhelmingly support the cause.
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