[DesertRhino]

“So why did the Soviets not use them in 1989? “

Because nobody was invading them or engaged with their military?

[dragnet2]

Every Russian white paper stresses the use of nuclear weapons if Russia’s interests are threatened in it’s sphere of interest.

So why did the Soviets not use them in 1989?

Because nobody was invading them or engaged with their military?

But that's not what the white papers said according to the poster who made that comment. He never said anything about an invasion of the Soviets.

[ansel12]

Are you serious? They surrendered and lost their empire, yet in the end, even that could not justify what they knew was certain self destruction.

Yet today their supporters want to try and convince us that any sanctions, or the world supplying equipment to Ukraine, will suddenly make them want to start WWIII.

The idea seems to bounce between arguing that Russia “isn’t invading Ukraine”, to “they will start WWIII and the nuclear holocaust, if anyone complains about their invasion of Ukraine”.

[dragnet2]

In addition, no one, including the U.S. is going to invade the Soviets/Russia. Hitler found out the hard way.

Never happen.