boboblaw [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.nettoWorld News@lemmy.ml•Russian hawks push Putin to escalate as US crosses more ‘red lines’English
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1 year agoGood idea. I’ve heard that nuking cities is a very effective way of forcing a stubborn enemy nation to surrender.
It’s also preferable to a prolonged invasion and conventional bombing campaign, simply in terms of number of casualties. The number of people killed by the two nuclear bombings it would take to force Ukraine to surrender would be significantly smaller than the number of casualties incurred by a drawn out conventional invasion.
Seems like the only moral course of action for Putin to take.
Honestly it seems like an arbitrary line, considering that Herbert’s story continues for a few more books after that. The first two books could also be considered a good standalone (duology?), since they cover the span of Paul’s story.
Really, the only wrong answer is the first book alone. I think most people read only the first book and get the wrong idea.