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Treaty breaking was something of a US habit, especially in the 19th Century.

In the 20th, Wilson (in addition to his other flaws, he was a segregationist PoS who segregated federal facilities) wasn't able to get the US into the League of Nations, which was his idea. His idea of national self-determination also excluded peoples of color leading to, among other things, the Vietnam War. Part of the reason the LoN failure rankled is likely that the UK, especially, was a parliamentary democracy, where the head of government (prime minister) is part of the legislature, so he or she knows a major treaty will be approved. In the case of the UK, the head of state (monarch) cannot really do anything except accept the treaty, lest they participate a constitutional crisis. This isn't likely to go as badly as it did for Charles I, but it may be quite messy nonetheless.
 
Snowman said:
Biden for the first time OKs Ukraine's use of US-supplied long-range missiles in Russia

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I'm glad he's finally done this, but it really speaks to his electoral fears that this only came about after the election defeat.

He should have grown a pair in 2023 and challenged opponents to argue otherwise. I think we all here have made mention of it at one point or another.
 
Trump left Biden a mess in Afghanistan now Biden leaves him a mess in Ukraine. 1:1
Situation may have been vastly different if the long range strike permission came at least 1.5 years earlier. Ukraine would probably have seriously damaged russian fuel prodduction and/or large ammo depots.
 
What it boils down to, is Russia is about to reap what they have sown.

Regardless of what nation or administration has had in the way of reservations due to "escalation", it is aboit a sovereign nation under seige.

Ukraine has had every opportunity to give Russia an eye for an eye and they have instead, taken the high road. Even when they too the Kursk region, they requested humanitarian aid for the Russian citizens in the towns they captured.

If Ukraine wants to use long range weapons on Russia, we can pretty much be sure they will not be wasted on maternity hospitals, schools, apartment buildings and shopping malls.
 

Denniss said:
many of the western nation that support Ukraine did not have the balls to permit long range strikes with their weapons. this should have been done at least in 2023 to pave the way for the Ukrainian summer offensive.
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Actually, permission for striking inside Russia should have never been necessary.
Weapons should have been sent with no constraints to use from the very moment they where shipped to Ukraine.

Western nations have artificially created 2 red lines, sending the weapons and giving permission, we could have got out just with the first one.
 
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Probably the reason why a french newspaper had to remove the claim French/british would permit long range strike with Scalp too.
All are still afraid of Putin
 
It will be interesting when this war is over (if only for some years) and the Russian people begin to notice that two hundred thousand men KIA are missing and another three hundred thousand or more are permanently maimed. What will the mothers and wives of Russia think? They did not take kindly to Putin after the disaster of the Kursk submarine loss and the government incompetence in their rescue came to light.

And then there's the hole ripped in the Russian military inventory - where it will take Russia decades to replace the number of tanks, AFVs and trucks lost. When we see Russian production numbers for tanks of 150-300 a month those are mostly refurbished, older tanks. I expect T-90M and especially T-14 Armata production of new-builds is less than a dozen per month. Perhaps we'll see Russia attempt to reform its military away from mass attacks, since they no longer have the scale to pull it off.
 
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