Posted on 10/14/2022 4:23:17 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Josep Borrell suggests Putin ‘cannot afford bluffing’ and says those backing Ukraine — including NATO and the US — ‘are not bluffing neither’
BRUSSELS — EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned Moscow on Thursday that its forces would be “annihilated” by the West’s military response if Russian President Vladimir Putin uses nuclear weapons against Ukraine.
“Putin is saying he is not bluffing. Well, he cannot afford bluffing, and it has to be clear that the people supporting Ukraine and the European Union and the Member States, and the United States and NATO are not bluffing neither,” Borrell said at the opening of a Diplomatic Academy in Brussels.
“Any nuclear attack against Ukraine will create an answer, not a nuclear answer but such a powerful answer from the military side that the Russian Army will be annihilated,” Borrell added.
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“The Politicians fear a Recession more than they fear Nuclear Armageddon.”
War is good for the economy.....of the winner.
My guess is, these politicians all dismiss Russian, China & Iran’s nuclear strength and overestimate the United States’ nuclear strength and resolve. They believe they can survive a Nuclear Armageddon and even prosper.
Interesting thought about the nuclear reactors.
Rather than an outright attack, would sabotage resulting in a release and with the action being blamed on Russia be enough?
Because that’s a pretty low risk provocation and nothing close to a nuclear explosion. Sadly, while most of us know this, to the general public a fart-sized release of radioactive gas would be enough to cause general panic.
These idiots on both sides better watch this movie first before they start threatening use of nukes. Just leave us out of it.
Who believes a KGB poll of a KGB leader in a KGB country with KGB elections?
KGB-protégé Saddam Hussein had 98% approval. He also lost a devastating war. In the end he was hanged by the grown children of dissidents he had murdered.
And of course Russia will accept this with no counter moves. These people have learned nothing by their “Russian crushing sanctions”.
“He is not coming out of this.”
Counting on the death of your opponent is not a good strategy.
Perhaps he is counting on ours. I say we stop this before we’re all dead.
Check out Western pollsters.
I did, but you do not care. You only see what you want and have closed your mind.
This entire war could have been avoided if the rhetoric was managed and Biden had shown strength and a willingness to negotiate.
Now, after nuclear threats, they are still increasing the rhetoric and showing weakness.
I believe that they are inviting a nuclear attack to further their goals....which do not align with what you believe is the US/EU intentions.
Putin is a piece of ship and deserves worse than a bullet. But, he may be going along with this just to help usher in global socialism. Future history books will paint him as a hero of the collective instead of the bad guy. Remember that Obama and Putin had behind-the-scenes understandings with each other on a variety of issues.
As far as I am concerned, there are no good guys in any of this except civilians. Those pulling the strings are the worst on all sides.
In liberal thought a nuclear war would be a good thing... It would kill millions much faster then the “vaccine” was designed to do and solves global warming through nuclear winter.
Yes, continental Western Europe will fight the Russian Army to every last US soldier and dollar. When are these slackers going to raise their defense budget to defend against their regional threat that is contiguous to it, Russia. We’re 5000 miles away and our policy to Europe should be we don’t want to adopt your vital national security as our vital national security interest because it is not.
And it’s such a Utopia now. Just ask the Kurds who had their lands attacked by the Turks.
“Do you realize that Putin enjoys a popularity of over 80% and it is growing the more his enemies are pushing?”
FALSE.. utterly false.
Sure, The question is WHY do you accept Russian propaganda?
The Russian people risk imprisonment while their protests number in the 1,000’s.
The Russian population, men, women & children, are racing to escape cross the nearest border!
Borrell needs to have an accident.
Nobody is going to nuke anyone. The only time I might be the slightest bit concerned is if the USA and/or the EU decide to supply Ukraine with tactical battlefield grade nuclear weapons. Only then is there a real threat of crossing the nuke threshold.
He already looks like he had an accident.
Hey dumbass: He threatened them (nukes) upon ‘decision-making centers’.
A normal FReeper would find that curiously intriguing as our country is pushed to the abyss by the uniparty/libs/globalists dumbasses like you are directly supporting, but you are not American: You’re just a canadian, globalist troll.
No need to insult KGB thugs...
Bkmk
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