So, one of government's undisputed obligations is the protection of its population from hostile nations. NATO better be willing to step up and proactively protect the member states and their population.

At what point do 'minor' transgressions become actionable? Like, if Russia was told by NATO reps that the next time any citizen gets assassinated and it is proven they are responsible, or that a Russian damaged NATO cables or whatever that an immediate response will be enacted. Notice I didn't say 'proportional'.

Cable snapped and Russian captain who did it? Tomahawk to an airbase near St. Petersburg. Don't want to go to war? Cut the shit. Period.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

TBF them acknowledging that this has occured is an escalation from pretending like it is business as usual. Which is good. We'll see if it has the desired effect.

[–] FolknForage@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

Can’t wait to read the sternly worded letter!

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

With Trump it is sadly not a good timing to rely on US support in NATO.

Europe alone should probably be able to give Russia more than a dent - although some reports about Russia's warfare production don't look that good for us, until we step up our production

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was one of the key events that led to World War I. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand

edited :

ref : 1st world ~~wat~~ war : L'archiduc Ferdinand ~~????~~

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, then it's a good thing in more than one way, that those assassination attempts were foiled

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Absolutely, yes. And i strongly wishes that, despite the events of the last few years, that we don't descend into another world wide war.

[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once." (Shakespeare)

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

"Tit for tat" and "Generous tit for tat" strategies would be optimal to minimize conflicts.
Now there must be lots of qualified people evaluating and deciding what is a valid tit for each tat. Of course, i am not qualified for that, most persons wouldn't be.