Posted on 09/22/2022 7:39:37 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
The United States for several months has been sending private communications to Moscow warning Russia’s leadership of the grave consequences that would follow the use of a nuclear weapon, according to U.S. officials, who said the messages underscore what President Biden and his aides have articulated publicly.
The Biden administration generally has decided to keep warnings about the consequences of a nuclear strike deliberately vague, so the Kremlin worries about how Washington might respond, the officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive deliberations.
The attempt by the White House to cultivate what’s known in the nuclear deterrence world as “strategic ambiguity” comes as Russia continues to escalate its rhetoric about possible nuclear weapons use amid a domestic mobilization aimed at stanching Russian military losses in eastern Ukraine.
The State Department has been involved in the private communications with Moscow, but officials would not say who delivered the messages or the scope of their content. It was not clear whether the United States had sent any new private messages in the hours since Russian President Vladimir Putin issued his latest veiled nuclear threat during a speech announcing a partial mobilization early Wednesday, but a senior U.S. official said the communication has been happening consistently over recent months.
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Maybe so, but with Moscow glowing in the dark, there will be a LOT of vying for power in Russia.
They call it MAD for a reason.
It has, since 2014, been the direct entry doorstep into Russia. Much like Cuba was back in the Cold War, which Kennedy threatened to use nukes over.
Hence, its importance.
This is the FR!
One would think that three states could get together to FINISH THE JOB at the border.
It’s THEIR area; why don’t they protect it?
Ok, now New Mexico wants to help; too.
What’s a little more radiation?
Didn’t a reactor blow up over there a few years ago?
Who do you think "they" are?
It's certainly not the President.
We've come a long way from Congress (representing the People and the States) declaring war, to the President having unilateral authority to respond to an attack, now to person or persons unknown, but certainly not elected, hatching schemes to destroy the world in a nuclear conflagration.
Bump
Pure bullshit. You know nothing of nukes, how they work, what they are for, an how they'll be used.
Quit spouting liberal anti-nuke propaganda.
Poor Putin will remembered as a little punk defeated by a Stark raving lunatic...lol
Poor Putin will remembered as a little punk defeated by a Stark raving lunatic...lol
I’m sure that is a fake story put out by the Putin cult.
Putin can withdraw...end of problem.
Rhetoric and calling BS is fine. Back it up and disprove such with something substantive. Thanks for playing tho.
Putin is looking bad...
Wish we had Trump. He had mad dog Putin under control.
He is honest about Putin. Sets him head and shoulders above the Putin Puffers. And they are grateful Trump is not in the White House now. Biden is a gift to Russia.
Biden is a lunatic.
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