RS83 on Nostr: Russia’s concern over the Tomahawk issue is clear: Kyiv, according to Moscow, lacks ...

Russia’s concern over the Tomahawk issue is clear: Kyiv, according to Moscow, lacks the expertise to operate these sophisticated American weapons on its own.
Any missile fired from Ukrainian territory toward Russia would, in Russia’s eyes, be directed by an American team,effectively a direct declaration of war.

Worse, Tomahawks could potentially carry nuclear warheads.
Each missile heading toward Russia forces its military command to ask: is this a conventional strike or a nuclear attack?
Are we losing a few city blocks or an entire city?
That is a risk no nuclear superpower takes lightly.

In reaction, Putin is tightening military ties with Cuba.
This is not mere saber-rattling; it signals a potential escalation on a scale that could dwarf anything since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
And this time, the stakes are even higher: Washington could see Cuba’s arming as backing for Maduro in Venezuela,a regime Trump is determined to overthrow.

The threat is clear: a war already spinning out of control could escalate to unimaginable levels.

Many in the West argue that since Russia fires missiles at Ukraine, Kyiv should have the right to strike back. And when the risk of Russian retaliation is raised, it is often dismissed as alarmism.
"Russia is weak. Putin is collapsing. Strike now, deliver the final blow"

Perhaps that is true.
Perhaps Putin’s government is on the edge of collapse, and Ukraine could end the war after striking Moscow,
St. Petersburg, and elsewhere.

But history warns otherwise.
Western leaders have been catastrophically wrong, time and again.
Iraq and Afghanistan were supposed to become thriving democracies.
The Arab Spring was hailed as a democratic dawn.
Brexit "couldn’t happen"
Donald Trump "would never win"
Assad’s exit was expected to transform Syria.
And granting Ukraine NATO membership was considered safe because "Putin wouldn’t dare invade"

Meanwhile, the West has repeatedly failed to anticipate major events: the fall of the Berlin Wall, Yugoslavia’s collapse, Srebrenica, 9/11, the rise of Al Qaeda, the emergence of ISIS, each a shocking surprise.

Given this record, blindly trusting Western leaders is reckless.
The stakes are enormous, the risks monumental,and the next misstep could ignite a conflict far beyond anyone’s control.....