[Vendome]

So stupid

Russia isn’t going to WWIII

They can’t

[Zhang Fei]

[So stupid

Russia isn’t going to WWIII

They can’t]

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Nuclear threats don’t cost anything, so that’s actually a pretty good move on Putin’s part. If it keeps Ukraine from getting better or more equipment, why the heck not utter it? It’s not as if, in response, Biden is going to burn Russia’s cities to the ground.

Domestically, this rhetoric is necessary to prepare the ground for a nationwide draft. The Russians are running out of uninjured front-line troops. They need more manpower at the front.

Putin can’t exactly say to Russians - “I tried to become Vladimir the Greater on a budget, but this effort failed miserably, so I’m doubling down”. So he’s got to go on and on about how his foot on Ukraine’s throat is actually the West’s foot on Russia’s throat. When Hitler went on about how extirpating Jewish and Communist influences were the cause of his crusade in the East, it was similarly a fig leaf for his quest for personal glory. Again, no leader is gonna say - my ego, my quest to match Alexander’s achievements is the reason you’re risking life and limb - he’d be thought a sociopathic dirtbag and be courting a coup or an assassination.

[wgmalabama]

How many nukes can they deliver? I would like to know. Long range #s that can hit the US and how many can hit Europe?