Comments by "Barry On" (@barryon8706) on "What if Putin Goes Nuclear? The West's 3 Options" video.

  1. It happened because the US and Russia signed a treaty with Ukraine that promised to respect Ukraine's territory if Ukraine gave up her nukes. And Putin wants the territory of the USSR back more than he values treaties.
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  2.  @dsmj7389  Ignoring a rabid dog doesn't turn it peaceful. Ask Georgia and Crimea.
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  3.  @prathamsaxena9503  The U.S. is between Canada and Mexico. You can find it pretty easily on a map of North America, or on most globes. As far as the US obligations under the treaty, the US has respected Ukraine's borders and has raised the issue internationally; those fulfilled the US's treaty obligations. Ukraine wasn't required to be neutral, and after Russia annexed Crimea could hardly be expected to.
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  4.  @stefannilsson2406  The reason it's spent is the lower proportion of fissionables, not that it's less radioactive. Nuclear fuel becomes a lot more radioactive after its been in a reactor than before.
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  5. We could try Agression, but skate punk only goes so far on the international stage.
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  6. Putin does or thinks he does. But he's comparing WW3 to a humiliating defeat in Ukraine, and we don't know which he thinks is worse.
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  7.  @olsenfernandes3634  A dictator with support from those millions.
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  8. It's Christmas at ground zero / the button has been pressed / The radio just let us know / That this is not a test
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  9. We should give tactical nukes to Ukraine now. Russia promised to respect Ukraine's territory in exchange for Ukraine giving up nukes. Ukraine gave up their nukes. Russia invaded. Let's restore the status to what it was before Russia lyingly signed the treaty, and let Ukraine decide when to nuke Russia and what cities to nuke.
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