I disagree. A lot.
Most people here will post that if China sunk a US warship in the open ocean, with zero civilian casualties and zero collateral damage, that we would and should kill 200 million Chinese civilians by incinerating Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and multiple other targets.
If rational, emotionally healthy FReepers believe this, what do you think the Russians believe about US attacks on their warships in the Black Sea?
Russians have a collective mental illness and arrogance that is growing. The pop song about taking Alaska is only one example. Another is the bragging about their “New York” bomb. Another is Putin’s little talk about Russians “will go to Heaven”, but the other nationalities will just die.
And I don’t think “most people here” believe in nuclear retaliation over conventional actions.