Like who? Britain and France aren’t going to sacrifice London or Paris for Ukraine.We can't prevent Russia from deploying nuclear weapons if they decide that's the move.
We can only reiterate the consequences.
Unfortunately, with Trump being in the tank for Russia, it's difficult to be confident he would respond in kind, which undermines the entire MAD doctrine.
If Putin thinks Trump wouldn't pull the trigger on him, we have no effective nuclear deterrent.
But then, we aren't the only nuclear-capable nation, and we wouldn't be the most directly impacted by Russia nuking Ukraine.
If MAD "rules" don't apply to Russia, they don't apply to anyone.
If the US won't lead in the response, someone else will.
The Russians have made it very clear they don’t consider the use of nukes unthinkable for a while now.
On the other hand, they haven’t had a concrete reason to actually use them, because their conventional forces have managed to stabilize things on the ground well they’re sure talking about it now.
Like who? Britain and France aren’t going to sacrifice London or Paris for Ukraine.
Like who? Britain and France aren’t going to sacrifice London or Paris for Ukraine.
They’ve been, again, mentioning that reality for a while.Well they’re sure talking about it now.
If Putin has already used nukes, as the scenario postulates, then clearly he isn’t worried about a response.But Putin is willing to sacrifice Moscow?
Two can play this game.
They’ve been, again, mentioning that reality for a while.
I don't find it a likely scenario, as I don't see any outcome that benefits Russia even theoretically. Much more useful as a threat.
And it seems at that stage the other option is to capitulate to Russia globally, for fear of being nuked, so might as well go down swinging.
Due to Zelensky’s ratcheting up things with his attack on Russian planes.
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