[The West has a whole lot more to lose. This is stupid talk.
Dig you nuke sheller deep cause the Central US will be hit by the first volley.....]
The stakes are the same for all concerned. Putin’s line gets erased along with Russia, which becomes China’s largest province. More important, for Putin’s ego, is the fact that Putin is erased from the history books, except in a footnote where he is portrayed as a genocidal nut who slaughtered Russia. He becomes the Judas who accomplished from within what Hitler could not - exterminate the Russian people.
“Dig you nuke sheller deep cause the Central US will be hit by the first volley.....]”
Apparently you have not heard of (Russian) face saving sabre rattling. Calm down.