Doctorow is an intelligent person, that is not debated, however perhaps Doctorow lives in the world of Putin, which is different than the world of Trump -- Trump will be gone in < 4 years and Putin will remain.
The pendulum in the US swings, and swings hard and wide - There is NO guaranty for Putin that in 4 - 8 - 12 years the pendulum won't swing back to the US Democrats = no guaranty the Democrats in the US won't swing back to the EU.
For Putin to permit US to control Nuclear Power Plants in Ukraine is therefore insane, for it won't be just power plants, it will be the logistics, the transportation, the shipping and delivery of everything - everything for the powerplants and therefore ability to deliver weapons for the Nationalist Ukrainians that stay.
I disagree with Doctorow for I see that Putin is not stupid to allow the US to establish the logistics of bringing everything into Ukraine, unchecked and uncontrolled. Insane.
Furthermore, if a conflict were to occur, Putin could not attack the US powerplants nor anything related to them, like transmission sites, which attacks would be needed for Putin to limit power for shipping and transportation in a time of war. It is well know Putin is currently attacking power plants so the trains don't run ( as frequently) to eg: transfer men and tanks, and eg: to limit the electric supplying weapons manufacturing .... etc..
So No, Putin shall not allow the US to control the powerplants especially not the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia
Doctorow is talking nonsense. Ukraine is the Heartland of Mackinder’s World Island, aka Eurasia. And, in Mackinder’s geopolitics, whoever controls Eurasia controls the world. Thus, for the US to take control of Zaporizhia has nothing to do with maintaining peace in Ukraine, nor anything to do with deterring Russia from attacking Ukraine at some later date — rather, it’s to do with placing America slap bang in the middle of the Heartland, thereby preempting any other country, or group of countries, from forging a unified Eurasia, but especially to prevent the BRI from attaining that very goal. Trump is making suckers of the punditry.
“The Europeans are trying to start World War Three!”
“Well, they started the first two.”
The idea of the USA invading Grenada was outrageous when Reagan actually did it, but the idea of Estonia attacking Russia is as insane as Grenada attacking the USA.
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Doctorow is an intelligent person, that is not debated, however perhaps Doctorow lives in the world of Putin, which is different than the world of Trump -- Trump will be gone in < 4 years and Putin will remain.
The pendulum in the US swings, and swings hard and wide - There is NO guaranty for Putin that in 4 - 8 - 12 years the pendulum won't swing back to the US Democrats = no guaranty the Democrats in the US won't swing back to the EU.
For Putin to permit US to control Nuclear Power Plants in Ukraine is therefore insane, for it won't be just power plants, it will be the logistics, the transportation, the shipping and delivery of everything - everything for the powerplants and therefore ability to deliver weapons for the Nationalist Ukrainians that stay.
I disagree with Doctorow for I see that Putin is not stupid to allow the US to establish the logistics of bringing everything into Ukraine, unchecked and uncontrolled. Insane.
Furthermore, if a conflict were to occur, Putin could not attack the US powerplants nor anything related to them, like transmission sites, which attacks would be needed for Putin to limit power for shipping and transportation in a time of war. It is well know Putin is currently attacking power plants so the trains don't run ( as frequently) to eg: transfer men and tanks, and eg: to limit the electric supplying weapons manufacturing .... etc..
So No, Putin shall not allow the US to control the powerplants especially not the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia
Doctorow is talking nonsense. Ukraine is the Heartland of Mackinder’s World Island, aka Eurasia. And, in Mackinder’s geopolitics, whoever controls Eurasia controls the world. Thus, for the US to take control of Zaporizhia has nothing to do with maintaining peace in Ukraine, nor anything to do with deterring Russia from attacking Ukraine at some later date — rather, it’s to do with placing America slap bang in the middle of the Heartland, thereby preempting any other country, or group of countries, from forging a unified Eurasia, but especially to prevent the BRI from attaining that very goal. Trump is making suckers of the punditry.
“The Europeans are trying to start World War Three!”
“Well, they started the first two.”
The idea of the USA invading Grenada was outrageous when Reagan actually did it, but the idea of Estonia attacking Russia is as insane as Grenada attacking the USA.