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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Can't think of anyone I would object to seeing irradiated in NYC, DC, Boston...
They already hate me, as a white. male. fascist, bigoted, gun owning, terrorist, Trumpie. Just returning the favor.
"... Uh, my boys will give you the best kind of start, 1400 megatons worth, and you sure as hell won't stop them now, uhuh. Uh, so let's get going, there's no other choice. God willing, we will prevail, in peace and freedom from fear, and in true health, through the purity and essence of our natural... fluids. God bless you all"
So tell me what American high value targets you are willing to exchange two for one with Russia to save Ukraine?
Unnamed officials sited as a source by the deep state WP again. And many people here will actually believe them without question.
You apparently went to an Ivy League school.
Let’s spell this out for you.
Your picture is of Hitler.
Hiter attacked Russia.
Putin is the President of the Russian federation.
He’s the one who got attacked by the guy in your picture.
Sod Off, Troll.
Because he’s a murderous tyrant who wants to destroy others to make himself stronger meaning he is a threat to the peace of the world.
And he needs to be on the ash heap of history with all the rest.
As anyone with a functional brain knows.
If Putin uses one tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine, the rest of the Black Sea fleet should be immediately promoted to submarines.
Yes because we are more bankrupt than any country in the world. We have bigger nation debt than Venezuela. It is asinine stupidity to go more in debt for corrupt Ukraine.
He looked especially lost on that stage yesterday
LOL! (((YAWN))) Yeah, okay. Whatever you say, WAPO.
The warmongering commie fans of Russia continue to try to convince the Russians that they can win a nuclear exchange. Russian hardware is junk. Russia wouldn’t succeed at much more than smashing a few coastal tourist traps and slightly reducing a few urban concentrations of their own fans. ;D
Would Russia really drop nukes on Ukraine? It’s not like the radiation would just sit on the Ukraine side. The wind blows east to west, so any fallout would travel towards Russia. This sounds like GloboHomo State Department propaganda.
The only thing Joe does quietly is sniff hair.
No WONDER there are so many HELP WANTED signs in America!
almost 1,000,000 a year die from CHOICE!
If it was so quiet, then why am I reading about it?
I bet Biden do this anyway. What is there to warn?
WE have the Unobtainium missile, which can do MUCH more than that!
No one is "in a vastly better position" to survive a nuclear war.
A single "Ohio Class" sub, like the USS Alaska, could destroy half of the major cities in Russia.
What do you think "survival of a nuclear war" would be like?
No power grids, no internet, no delivered water or fuel, food would expire within weeks, blind and deaf people would stumble and die in the streets.
Who wants to survive for a few weeks {months} in that kind of hell hole?
The luckiest people would be those at ground zero, the "survivors" would wish that they had died in the initial blasts.
Better position?
You can have it, I'll take the big bang.
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