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[–] 6 points 5 months ago (5 children)

The "feckless NATO cowards" are doing everything in their power to prevent nuclear war. The Russians have constantly been threatening the entire rest of the world with that since they obtained nuclear weapons, but currently they seem more willing to make good on those threats if it serves their purpose. The difference between the height of the Cold War and now is that people could talk with eachother back then. There was still a rules-based order and a certain decorum. All of that is gone now, communications have almost completely collapsed, and the line between minor provocations and fatal misunderstanding or mistake grows ever thinner.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    The only way Russia is going nuclear is if Putin is personally in danger of being deposed. If they do fire nukes, it's game over for him either way so he wouldn't care at that point.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Putin has been yelling about nuclear weapons for decades now, you can't just let him do anything he wants with no repercussions. It's time to grow some balls and actually defend our territory

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    The problem with that is an old doctrine called MAD, or Mutually Assured Destruction. It's the cornerstone of nuclear weapons capability and those weapons' purpose of never being used. If NATO was to attack Russia and give Putin reason to believe that his regime or Russian sovereignty was under threat, they would launch their weapons. That's not my opinion, that's Russian doctrine. This would immediately trigger counterattacks from the US and the UK, most likely also France, which would then most likely trigger preemptive attacks from China and North Korea, defending their interests in the Pacific and South East Asia. Yes, a NATO army could march into Moscow by tomorrow, but there's a very good reason they won't do it.

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