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In reply to the discussion: A lot of people only seem willing to fight to the last Ukrainian [View all]enki23
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It only makes sense, so far as these things can, if the rules are crystal clear about what sets it off.
If Putin attacks a NATO county, it indicates that he has chosen to take that risk, and we have to assume he may be willing to end life on the planet anyway. If we change the rules midstream, we risk creating that situation where it didn't already exist. We would be the ones who assumed that risk. And the consequences are more unthinkable than even a genocide. Possibly this wipes out most complex life on earth. (Hopefully not? Probably not? Not worth finding out. The best scenarios are still the worst thing humanity has ever seen.)
We have a responsibility to everyone, including the Ukrainians, not to risk that. Galling and heartbreaking as it is, being a nuclear superpower limits our ethically available options.