Russia - threadbanned users in OP

What's their motto? "We gotta kill all the Jews. Except Zelensky."?

I don't really want to go off topic in the thread, but your reply merits an answer as nuclear weapons are not the only threat to humanity, and there is a first for everything.

I am well versed, well read, and seldom - if ever - opine on matters I know little or nothing about. On certain subject matter I have direct first-hand experience of working within that field of discussion... physics being one of them.

You're a decent guy... I've read many of your posts. But just like yourself, I'm entitled to my opinion.

However small the risk, the risk is still there with regards to particle accelerators. We are meddling in matters that are not fully understood at all, and effectively "playing God" with the nuclei of creation. Plus the Cern particle accelerator is continually being made more powerful, whilst other countries are also building them.

There are hundreds of articles out there from scholars, academics and professors in the subject who express the real dangers of extinction from particle accelerators. Here's just one, where a professor tells it as it is...

I honestly don't remember those posts. I do remember plenty of people saying we aren't near the threshold yet where there is a distinct possibility that nuclear strikes would happen, nor should the empty threat lead to complete paralysis or capitulation.

There is no point worrying about particle accelerators. We need to be worried about more pertinent issues such as the emergence of a Godzilla post nuclear explosion.

A friend of mine rode to Vladivostok and back on a (motor)bike. Big country.

Ex Russian puppet, who had Ukrainian protesters murdered (after cleaning out the state's finances by stealing most of it for himself) is unsurprisingly Moscow's candidate to install as Ukraine's new leader

I hope they can avoid having him in charge. I guess if he is made "president" he'll need the entire russian army to stay in his position.

Yeah, the fact that they are fighting for a Jewish president may tarnish their Nazi credentials somewhat.

Agree on all of that. It's still something I cannot get my head around - Putin didn't want Ukraine joining NATO (or the EU, presumably), but Ukraine wasn't in a position to join either organisation, seeing as it had these reported problems with political corruption and had a fair chunk of its territory occupied by Russia or pro-Russian forces. What decision maker in NATO would actually move to bring Ukraine into the fold in the situation where there literally already Russian troops in the country. I don't think you have to be a military strategist to realise that's going to be a massive headache. Not worthwhile.

So, Putin had done his job regarding his primary stated objective in this invasion without even needing to invade. Therefore, it can only be concluded that the invasion was really about something else. A way to secure resources? An attempt to distract from some mounting domestic crisis? A way to bolster political support?

Or quite simply he's trying to restore the Russian empire by conquering the whole country.

Since the early 90s, we've done absolutely all that we could to make sure Russia could not adopt the strategy you outline in point 6.

Hopefully the Ukrainians have enough defenders and supplies to hold them off.