This war, I believe, was intended to go nuclear.
And that is where it is going to go, imo.
that does appear to be the most obvious, however unpleasant, conclusion.
It should help the folks running washington; they might well be run out of town on rails if we merely had economic collapse . a major war to focus on often works to keep the rulers in power.
anyone here who thinks they give a fig for harm to the US is likely to be disappointed.