[Alvin Diogenes]

Britain is easy pickings for Putin.
One nuke in metro London and they are out of the game.

If they nuked London, Moscow would be gone before the radiation hits the fan. Probably St. Petersburg too. They're not going to bomb London.

Tactical nukes on the battlefield are another matter, as would be the nuclear bombing of Kiev or a city in some other non-NATO county. The response to that isn't quite so obvious. Hopefully the US has competent military planners not beholden to the Biden administration.

That is why the Brits should stop pretending they are a serious player and stop poking the bear.

They didn't poke the bear. The bear poked them, and the world in general.

If Russia gets away with their poking, they'll keep on doing it, and our grandchildren will be leaving in a world run by the Russians and the Chinese.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Exactly. I am mystified why so many Freepers are dazzled by Putin and adopt the “don’t poke the bear” idiocy that the Putin regime like to foster to demoralise the population in the west and make them so terrified in the West that they can do whatever the hell they want.

As you say, Britain is also a nuclear armed state and Russia isnt going to be stupid enough to provoke Britain into launching a nuclear counter attack in response to dropping a bucket of sunshine on London, especially one that is also a NATO state. That is why nuclear deterrence is a thing, and it works both ways.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Exactly. I am mystified why so many Freepers are dazzled by Putin and adopt the “don’t poke the bear” idiocy that the Putin regime like to foster to demoralise the population in the west and make them so terrified in the West that they can do whatever the hell they want.

As you say, Britain is also a nuclear armed state and Russia isnt going to be stupid enough to provoke Britain into launching a nuclear counter attack in response to dropping a bucket of sunshine on London, especially one that is also a NATO state. That is why nuclear deterrence is a thing, and it works both ways.