I suspect most Europeans are well aware that Russia remains a nuclear superpower that has made clear its readiness to use its bombs. Really? That's news to me.
To this date, the United States of America is the only nation in the history of mankind to use nuclear arms in warfare.
For the life of me, I can't imagine what exactly Russia would need from Europe -- other than the right to be left alone, perhaps -- that would warrant any kind of military action on their part.
We have ignited nuclear proliferation among the nations of Europe, no doubt in the Middle East in its turn.
We might as well get used to it. Any national leader in the world today would have to be retarded if he isn't pursuing a nuclear arms program. It's really the only thing that will effectively keep adversaries -- now and in the future -- at bay.
The four year history of the war in Ukraine is replete with instances of the Russians threatening to use nuclear weapons if the allies supply a new kind of weapon. Sometimes the threats only delay the provision of weapons and sometimes the threats succeed completely. In any event contrary to your assertion, the threat of nuclear weapons to be used by Russia against Europe has clearly affected Europe's policy.
The degree of Russia's power to affect Europe by nuclear threats can only increase as America's nuclear deterrent power is withdrawn
To this date, the United States of America is the only nation in the history of mankind to use nuclear arms in warfare
Do you have enough fingers to count the number of wars instigated by Russia in the last 10 years? In every one of them Russia alone possessed the bomb. In other words, in the absence of deterrence, Russia attacks.
You seem to be indifferent to the peril of nuclear war and the incidental threat of nuclear proliferation. The non-proliferation among European powers after France and England has been successful for three quarters of a century, thanks to NATO and the fact that America had created and maintained a credible nuclear deterrence.
Perhaps the most successful multilateral defense organization in the history of the world, NATO kept us safe, our allies safe, and all of us safe from the perils of nuclear proliferation in Europe.
Now the contagion is likely to metastasize. What a brilliant foreign policy! Do we feel better because we briefly enjoy a narcissistic hot flash?
