• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Or Russia decides eating a nuke isn’t worth it because they know what launching a nuke from Russia would mean.

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      Very possible, but putins crazy.

      I don’t know how Ukraine would convince Russia the threat is real without at least a test detonation somewhere and that’s better than bombing someone, but also not ideal.

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        He’s not crazy, he’s a cold, calculating sociopath.

        He wants people to think he’s crazy when it comes to nukes because that makes his empty threats seem scary.

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        Yeah, that’s true, but it was always going to be a tight line to walk to get out from under a Russian invasion without going the Afghanistan route.