I wonder if we would even respond to a Russian nuclear attack. This dithering, worthless president and his incompetent aids put the nation and world in danger.
Its true, these incursions have been going on for decades, but we should never, ever let any nation believe we don’t take our sovereignty or safety seriously or that we would not respond with overwhelming force against any aggression,
It was that clinton in the late 1990s that first decided by craft and policy that we should ‘absorb’ a first strike, whatever that means, instead of a launch on warning as a deterrent,
It was always presumed by those in the know that Russia or another of our nuclear enemies would launch a surprise attack and what had always held them in check was the knowledge that they also would be met with immediate force in return, it was a given, so the only advantage would be an all out surprise scenario, out of the blue, with overwhelming capability.
Does anyone believe that under G W Bush, if a surprise attack was launched against the homeland that he wouldn’t have immediately launched an a massive retaliatory strike?
Does anyone honestly think obama would respond the same? then neither does Putin.