Posted on 09/26/2022 6:55:16 AM PDT by Red Badger
Which over time removes him from control.
“He could nuke...Chicago... and numerous Dem run cities and no one would ever know.”
Well, in the case of Chicago, if it is going to be nuked I would hope it is a low-yield kt kind of thing, and not Tsar Bomba; the latter of which would wipe out NE Illinois, SE Wisconsin, NW Indiana, and would probably poison the waters of Lake Michigan, which is a fresh water source for much of the upper Midwest.
“Britain has four ballistic missile submarines.”
And each is armed with 16 Trident missiles. That’s a lot of boom.
“In The Third World War by John W. Hackett, Birmingham and Minsk were traded.”
I read that book back in 1979. A real page-turner.
“I don’t remember Reagan starting a hot war in on Russia’s border, and then sending Ukraine front-line weapons there.”
Neither do I. But I do remember the USSR (really, Russia, because Moscow called all the shots) starting a hot war on its border in 1979 (Afghanistan); Russia starting a hot war on its border in 1993 (Chechnya) and again in 1996 (Chechnya); Russia starting a hot war on its border in 2008 (Georgia); Russia starting a hot war on its border in 2014 (Ukraine); Russia starting a hot war on its border in 2022 (Ukraine).
Evil psychopathic murderous despots don’t “need” a cause or a reason.
“I will go out on a limb and predict Putin will be assassinated before he pushes a button.”
I think you are right.
“He doesn’t let anybody get near him..................”
So, all those recent photos of him have been photoshopped?
Yep and we knew enough to KEEP CLEAR of the Soviets during the Cold War, and so never had to deal with nuclear scenarios.
My point is that Russia has a history of invading its neighbors.
“Evil psychopathic murderous despots don’t “need” a cause or a reason.”
I’m not sure if I’d put Neuland in that category but Skunk Cabbage sounded just like that regarding Russia, when she ran in 2016.
“My point is that Russia has a history of invading its neighbors.”
And we have a history of beating the crap out of countries that NEVER threatened us...but, again, Russia didn’t see a need to challenge that.
My home was a long way from London. The theory was that if Russia dropped an atom bomb on the Capital, it would be units from the outposts that would be able to help.
I very wise family friend laughed at me. He argued that Russia would not do pin prick bombing, but raze the entire island. The recourses would still be there in 50 or 100 years when the radiation had dissipated.
I pray I am wrong.
“And we have a history of beating the crap out of countries that NEVER threatened us...but, again, Russia didn’t see a need to challenge that.”
I know you’re young now. The Korean War had to have been before your time, as was the Vietnam War. Russia also challenged the Grenada invasion; the Panama invasion; Gulf War II.
No nukes will fly anywhere before military communications are disabled.
Europe’s Worst Nightmare:
Putin makes peace in Ukraine and Still does not send Gas to Germany!
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That would only hurt Russia.
We can sell them all the gas they need.
Putin is making his paranoia a self-fulfilling prophecy.
If Putin is stupid enough to launch missiles at NATO then he runs multiple risks:
1. How many of Russia’s missiles will fail to launch?
2. How many Russian nuclear warheads will fail to detonate?
3. Does NATO have an effective anti-missile capability?
The worst case scenario here is Russia launches an all-out nuclear attack and maybe seven or eight weapons reach their targets and then go off causing a war.
Then several thousand nuclear weapons get launched by NATO at Russia. Russian defenses are proving to be ineffective at stopping Ukrainian missiles and it’s questionable what they can do to NATO ICBMs.
So...Mr. Putin. Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya’ punk?
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