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kbin.social

The proposed resolution "views the use of any tactical nuclear weapon by the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, or their proxies, or the destruction of a nuclear facility, dispersing radioactive contaminates into NATO territory causing significant harm to human life as an attack on NATO requiring an immediate response, including the implementation of Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty."

Doesn't seem unreasonable. Any nuclear attack or disaster in Ukraine would affect neighboring countries.

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sin_free_for_00_daysreply
lemmy.one

Wait until the wind is blowing from the west, drop a nuke, viola! No fall out on NATO, no justification for an Article V response.

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utopianfiatreply
lemmy.world

You don't have to be online all the time, you know. There are other things you can be doing with your life.

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zurmareply
lemmy.world

Can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic but I’ll be charitable and assume you are.

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certain_peoplereply
lemmy.world

I don't understand if you are brain damaged. Destroying a nuclear power plant - releasing a cloud of radioactive debris - is in no way comparable to using depleted uranium shells.

Seriously, your argument is like saying "Well it's OK for us to use chemical weapons because they used bleach for cleaning". It's beyond ridiculous.

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Lols [they/them]reply
lemm.ee

anything on 'the use of any tactical nuclear weapon' or 'the destruction of a nuclear facility', what with that being what the conversation is about and all

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Lols [they/them]reply
lemm.ee

yes, what with it not being one of the conditions for an "immediate response", and actually just being elaboration on the actual conditions

thats why it says "or their proxies, or the destruction of a nuclear facility, dispersing radioactive contaminates into NATO territory"

as opposed to "or their proxies, or the destruction of a nuclear facility, or dispersing radioactive contaminates into NATO territory"

so sure, on purpose, that purpose being treating the text as if it says what it actually says

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Lols [they/them]reply
lemm.ee

you really caught @terror_alarm on twitter in 4k

if he was a part of this conversation hed be entirely shook, im sure

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exohuman
kbin.social

Sorry, I thought we were in 1970 again. Continue on with your proxy wars and nuclear annihilation threats.

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DarkThoughtsreply
kbin.social

I hear nuclear threats from Russia on a weekly to monthly basis for the past year. I don't even care anymore. If they want to do it they'll do it anyway. So the only thing we can do is to be prepared and answer appropriately instead of letting us get all submissive and let them do whatever the hell they want. Nuclear weapons shouldn't be a free pass to act like an imperialistic asshole.

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tl;dr bot
lemmy.world

tl;dr:

In comments shared with Newsweek, Russia's ambassador to the United States has warned that a new resolution proposed by two U.S. senators threatens to push Washington and its NATO military alliance closer to a nuclear exchange with Moscow. In the wake of Russia's decision to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to neighboring ally Belarus, which also borders Ukraine, and lingering concerns about the state of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant located in the midst of the war, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut proposed a resolution Thursday that would consider any nuclear-related provocation by Russia or Belarus in Ukraine as a direct attack on NATO, triggering its collective defense clause. This, too, in the Russian envoy's view, extended to mounting concerns over the situation at the Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, where International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have traveled in recent days to ensure the site's continued operations and investigate reports of explosives being placed on the premises. Both Russian and Ukrainian officials have accused one another of planning to stage an attack on Europe's largest nuclear power plant. While Putin has consistently emphasized that he was prepared to use nuclear weapons in the defense of the Russian Federation, Antonov pointed out that there has been no departure from the longstanding nuclear policy of the Kremlin.

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