Posted on 01/19/2023 6:25:03 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, an ally of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, warned NATO on Thursday that the defeat of Russia in Ukraine could trigger a nuclear war.
Striking a similar tone at what he described as an anxious time for the country, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church said trying to destroy Russia would mean the end of the world.
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Asked if Medvedev's remarks signified that Russia was escalating the crisis to a new level, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "No, it absolutely does not mean that."
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Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, said in a sermon: "We pray to the Lord that he bring the madmen to reason and help them understand that any desire to destroy Russia will mean the end of the world."
"Today is an alarming time," state news agency RIA quoted him as saying. "But we believe that the Lord will not leave Russian land."
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So, this is Nuklear threat #3 ? I’ve lost count.
Oh no. 6th or 7th at least. I think its about time to nuke Russia and shut them up permanently. 3/4 of the Russian force is laying dead in Ukrainian fields. Oh, and we have Belarus to help. HA!!
Maybe Kirill could have a heart to heart with his boss Putin?
Also, this war is about Russia’s desire to destroy Ukraine, not NATO’s desire to destroy Russia.
Trump’s take on Putin.
“but I listened to him constantly using the n word , that’s the n word, and he’s constantly using it. The nuclear word, and we never talk, we say oh, he’s a nuclear power, but we’re a greater nuclear power”
You should say look , if you mention that word, one more time, we’re going to send them (nuke subs) over and we’ll be coasting back and forth up and down your coast.”
"The defeat of a nuclear power in a conventional war may trigger a nuclear war," Medvedev, who serves as deputy chairman of Putin's powerful security council, said in a post on Telegram.
Somebody tell him about the USA and Vietnam, or Afghanistan, or even the Soviet Union and Afghanistan.
Then he says:
"Nuclear powers have never lost major conflicts on which their fate depends," said Medvedev, who served as president from 2008 to 2012.
Okay, so does Russia's fate rest in winning/not winning in Ukraine?
I don't care about Ukraine, unlike half of one side here, but I do not like Russia and what they stand for, which is the other side here on this threads.
This kind of talk is just mouth excrement. Who the hell does Medveded think he's talking to? Forget about Biden. He'll be gone one day, and God willing, Trump or DeSantis will be president in 2024.
Okay, Zeepers and Putinistas, I'm done, I don't want to be part of your threads any longer, but I will not just sit by and listen to a foreign power threaten us with nukes.
How many times do you have to be told?
#3 this year. Probably.
Overall I think I’ve heard it a couple of dozen times from Medvedev, Lavrov, etc.
” I think its about time”
I disagree. I feel sorry for the Russians who have been controlled by Tsars, Commissars and now the new Tsar.
Mad men
Shear insanity
My take is that Medvedev is the “bad cop” meant to do two things
1. Scare folks — Putin can dismiss him as a loudmouth
2. Pump up the pro-Putin group with “look we are a great power”
I lost track of this conflict. What are the issues again which this war is premised on?
Not a good look for Russia and their military.
As an aside, our own president threatened us the other day with F-15’s
Hey look it’s another Russian nuclear threat. It must be Thursday.
You are a suicidal crazy person living in a fantasy. Russia's nuclear forces are far more powerful than our own? The only President since Reagan who made an effort to increase our nuclear capability was President Trump. While he made an effort to modernize after decades of neglect it was about as successful as the wall. Our current nuclear arsenal is a fraction of what it once was. Bumbling Biden does have the means to start an all-out nuclear war that would kill the vast majority of the people in North America and Western Europe. The Russians however are for more prepared and have planned for this type of event.
Russia has a vast land mass totaling over 6.6 million square miles. We do not have the capability to blow them up. While at the same time we are far more vulnerable to extermination. Mutually assured destruction is a thing of the past. 80% of the people in the United States live in the eastern third of the lower 48 and most of the rest live in large cities in a narrow strip along the Pacific Coast.
No one is “trying to destroy Russia”.
Forcing them to leave Ukraine is far different.
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