Don’t be silly, once the Russians and the Americans shoot at each other, it’ll escalate into a nuclear war. Therefore it won’t happen.
“Don’t be silly, once the Russians and the Americans shoot at each other, it’ll escalate into a nuclear war. Therefore it won’t happen.”
I actually think it is sillier to think that because of nuclear weapons, there couldn’t be a limited war or scuffle between the Russians and the US.
The very real possibility of a Russian miscalculation in Estonia for example, which it sees as a former “part of its possessions”, and where NATO and the West are obligated to now defend it attacked. In no way, would nuclear weapons prevent that unlikely - but very possible scenario from happening.
Even after the Russians sent troops into Georgia, nobody believed we’d be looking at Russian special operations and intelligence units actively working inside Ukraine, yet here we are.