https://www.vox.com/world/2022/9/22/23366499/putin-russia-ukraine-war-nuclear-threat-expert
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"Look, we had to nuke something in order to assert ourselves but we didn't want to escalate things" I explain to the smoldering ashes that used to be a nation of 9.4 million people
Thank goodness our decision isn't going to cause any serious fallout. It would be a shame adjacent-nuke policy radiated out beyond the combat zone. Don't want to chill diplomacy into some kind of nuclear winter. Large Cloud of Radioactive Particles Covering Europe Wordplay Joke Goes Here.
How to jump start the Churn-'O-Nobel peace prizes to US Presidents for securing-the-pieces (that remain) of EU / Nato.
Even with recent changes to the Russian nuclear policy, the US still has the most aggressive nuclear posture in the world. The US still considers nuclear weapons a warfighting weapon and has never ruled out or even constrained their ability to launch a first strike.
even the Brits are unhinged like that. one of the many things people yelled at Corbin about was him saying that he would never do a nuclear first strike
What if the anglos and frogs launched a first strike...
Against each other at the same time
So I grew up in a town where anti-nuclear weapons was the default political position. Like, if you asked some random dude on the street he'd be like "we should probably get rid of them."
It shocks me so much every time I'm reminded that the rest of the Anglosphere is actually magnitudes more insane
Instead there's been articles within the last couple years about them putting nuclear weapons on fighter jets or allocating the funds to upgrade fighters to support them.
Yeah nuking Belarus definitely wouldn't escalate things, very smart strategy.
these exercises, and the notion of any limited nuclear exchange involving the US/Russia are so funny to me. Like either power would see a nuke on the radar, never mind see one hit, and be like "oh it's ok guys. Just the one silly little joke nuke. We'll pop one through back to be polite"
what would be the equivalent opposing action to this brilliant strategy? nuking the UK? Canada? Providence?
Honestly nuking Canada sounds like the best equivalent. Brilliant strategy!
So many treatbrained consumers have been primed to nod along to this with all that "smart insider men that know how the world really works and dispassionately make the hard decisions in a cool calm collected and calculated way" propaganda over the years.
Why do they assume that Russia wouldn't counter-strike the moment they see literally any launch from the USA at all?
With galaxy brains like this in power in Washington, can you blame Belarus for wanting nukes of their own?
They recently had their planes modified to be nuclear-capable by the way.
