And once nukes are on the table, Russia conventional forces in Ukraine, and worldwide are essentially immune from conventional attack.
JoeObama and the Dems are pulling the world into a nuclear confrontation and WW3 and pretty much nobody in the US seems to be aware or even give a rip about it!
Truth is the first casualty of war.
“If Russia used tactical nukes against Ukrainian military targets it’s extremely unlikely the US, Britain or France would use nukes against Russia.”
Agreed. Highly unlikely.
meh, nothing to see here.
Just Osama/Bidementia, vampiress Nulan, Soros/Schwab upping the ante.
what could go wrong ?!
-fJRoberts-
So Russia can bomb Kyiv. But for some reason Ukraine can’t bomb Moscow. That would be an outrage!
This argument makes me sick. And I say that as someone who is nether pro-Russian nor pro-Ukrainian. I have no dog in this hunt.
If Russia used nukes against Ukraine their cachet in the world would drop to zero.
The Ukraine war should not be an existential threat to Russia. The fact that these morons are threatening nukes tells you everything you need to know about Russia. A couple of cardboard drones and these guys are pissing their pants.
The country will fragment and China will take everything north of Mongolia.
Good job Putin.
“And within hours hardline pro-Putin MPs were baying for a nuclear response.”
Russia has some Lindsey Grahams also.
No, but a US, British or French nuke could gently fall off a truck somewhere in Ukraine...
And who knows, there might be a few spares lying around those Ukrainian oligarchs kept post the Budapest Memorandum.
If Russia used tactical nukes against Ukrainian military targets it’s extremely unlikely the US, Britain or France would use nukes against Russia.
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No, the US won’t use nukes. But they would use tomahawks and F35s. The Black Sea fleet would be sunk. And the level of arms given to Ukraine would jump up to “ the good stuff.”
Moscow residents have this song running through their minds after experiencing this Ukrainian drone onslaught:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9pS7iZzNgQ
Nukes? Why doesn’t Russia just launch its own drones?
Battle of the drones.
bttt
Pro aggression supporter predictions have a horrible accuracy rating.
Budanov and Zelinsky have made themselves to be loose cannon, carelessly imagining that they can somehow blackmail the west into supporting adventures outside the borders of Ukraine.
At this time, I would not trust those men with F-16 jet fighters.
Artillery, mortar, rocket batteries, and anti-missile protection - yes; but jets and cruise missles - no.
"The fact that you're afraid of nuclear war means you are afraid Putin is insane enough to launch nuclear weapons.
Yet you also believe a insane man can be negotiated with. Curious. Anonymous meme twitter."
Russia exceeded their annual quota of nuclear threats back in February. After this they have to pay a fine.
In the greatest tradition of Free Republic, no one read the article, they just read the title. And the title is a huge lie.
In this case, no one saw the attached video, in which Putin does not even mention nuclear weapons, except for the possibility of Ukraine using a dirty bomb. So the title makes absolutely no sense.
Elsewhere in the news today, there was a single member of the Duma who talked about responding with tactical nukes, but that is not “Russia”. It is one guy. We have our own congress people who say wild things that the whole country sholdn’t be responsible for.
Clown— You are addicted to fake Tsar Putin’s nuclear threats. This Kremlin bs made your day.
You know who make the most Rooooskie nuclear bluster? Putin’s stooges on Russian prime time news hour. I have seen many clips of these psychos, hard at it.
“If Russia used tactical nukes against Ukrainian military targets it’s extremely unlikely the US, Britain or France would use nukes against Russia.”
That’s a good point. I think as the Neocons descend to outright terrorism, the temptation to ‘put an end to it’ will grow stronger in Moscow. As to responses to a tactical nuke, forget it - since Russia has now demonstrated that they can defeat the best air defenses that the West has to offer - so regardless of what Western nukes may or may not be able to do to Russia (no one knows at this point), the West has to understand that they’ll be stuck trying to clean up after some big firecrackers go off over their cities.