“obama would never retaliate is russia used a couple of tatical weapons. Putin knows it.”
And the thing is, TOTALLY INCOMPREHENSIBLE to armchair warmongers, is that a could of 1kt’s would do limited military damage (relative speaking), but would be the COMPLETE END to us ever thinking that we can go toe-to-toe with Russia. Europe would IMMEDIATELY realize that, despite the bravery of the Polish Calvary on their horses, spears will not stop tactical (or Intermediate, or Strategic) nukes, and Europe WILL QUICKLY realize just who their new masters are.
What they (i.e., the warmongers here) cannot understand, unfortunately, is that the ENTIRE REASON for having a SERIOUS DETERRENT is so you DO NOT have to use it, and Europe (along with Asia) realize that they can rely on you.
We have punted that away in the past two decades, and I see NOTHING in this thread that seems to show any concern about that (other than yourself).
Flipside of “armchair warmonger” is “peacenik.” Funny how ostensible conservatives act and appear as the Reds of the 1980’s.
Polish cavalry does not use horses in battle.
They have tank brigades like everyone else, about 1/2 of them have modern German tanks. They could use more.
Unlike the Ukraine the Poles have much more modern equipment and ammunition.
They also have more modern aircraft and NATO integrated airbases from which NATO aircraft can operate.
They are also a much richer country than Ukraine and have no significant separatists to make into proxies for the Russians.