Wagner troops shelled. Graphic:
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Probably more important than the size is the simple fact that using nuclear weapons of any type was a very different question when no one else had them.
Also, we like to think that mankind has advanced ethically just a tiny tad since World War 2. At least in the West. To use nuclear weapons when it is not in extremis is morally damning, since while a tactical warhead can hit a limited area, there are indiscriminate consequences of it in regards to fallout and more.
I hope this nuclear use chatter dies down. Only Russia (because they like to threaten with them) gains from discussing nuclear use.
Hitler-Germany tells Spanish Republic that Mussolini’s Italy should become a state that provides security for the Republic.
This election could have massive and utterly devastating consequences for a united front against Russia.
Marinë Le Pen is a dragon and I personally fear her more than Orban. Hungary is after all, not in the same power league as France.
The Polish PM is far right. An authoritarian nationalist and before this war, Viktor Orban’s closest ally. Polish PM has supported Le Pen as well. I advise everyone to read up on the Law and Order party. It is vile.
But anti-Semite I don’t know. Not what I would label him. But authoritarian nationalist he is. If Poland had been closer to Russia, the Law and Order party would be all behind Putin. We are lucky Russia is Poland’s arch enemy as such.
Basically, Hungary and Poland are the two far right problem childs in the EU. Hungary is worse, but Poland has been going in the same direction under the Law and Order party. It is only just now, due to Russia, that a chasm is opening between Hungary and Poland. The Law and Order party has been right behind Viktor Orban until the day Orban started to be critical of Russia sanctions. And that is damning to say the least.
Le Pen is very concerning. We like to think Putin’s abhorrent way of seeing the world is far away from us, and sooner or later good sense and right will win the day. But in Le Pen, Trump, maybe one or two others, the west has its own issues authoritarianism and an extreme right wing.