Putin explains stance on use of nukes
— RT (@RT_com) June 17, 2023
Merely discussing the prospect lowers the threshold for actually using nuclear weapons, the Russian president warned
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CBC News: Putin implies nuclear attack if West interferes in Ukraine. Why it's not just an empty threat
Putin warns interference would lead to 'such consequences that you have never encountered in your history'
Russian President Vladimir Putin's implied warning that he could launch nuclear weapons against any country that interferes with his military campaign in Ukraine raises questions about just how seriously the West should take such threats.
And while NATO allies, including the U.S., have assured they will not engage militarily in Ukraine, some experts suggest the Russian president's comments should not be taken as empty threats.
"It is not something that he's just saying offhand because he's sort of trying to simply look tough," says James Cameron, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Oslo, where he is a member of the Oslo Nuclear Project specializing in arms control. "There is a rationale. There is the logic there."
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WNU Editor: Here are my thoughts on Putin's recent comments when it comes to nuclear weapons.
1) Russian President Putin only talks about nuclear weapons when a new "red line" has been crossed.
2) Putin understands the current Western media and political narrative on Russia .... that according to the West Russia is brutal, criminal, hasty, disorganized, fractured, divided, weakening, and they are losing the war in Ukraine. A deteriorating military situation that will in the end force Russia to use nuclear weapons.
3) The longer the war goes on and Russia does not use nuclear weapons will not only undermine the Western media and political narrative, but it will enhance Russia's global status as a responsible and stable global power.
4) The West wants/hopes Russia will use nuclear weapons. That by provoking the Kremlin to use nuclear weapons will result in the fracturing of the growing alliance of countries that are now forming/developing around Russia and BRICS
5) Putin's conditions on when Russia will use nuclear weapons was ambiguous and open to interpretations. He says nuclear weapons will be used when the existence of the Russian state was at stake. So what are the conditions when the state of Russian existence is at stake? Is it ground troops invading Russia, or is it when the 4 territories in Ukraine that Russia has annexed are in doubt. Putin does not say.
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Solid analysis, thank you.
I think Putin is sitting in a good position:
1. Sanctions were a disaster for the west. Proof is the lack of ANY discussion on how effective they are anymore! Russia looked East and south and is making bank!!!
2. Ukraine was very corrupt prior to the war and even mor corrupt now with cash and weapons sloshing around all over Ukraine now and also outside the country.
3. Putin is doing well overall. His tactics are good, sit out the west and eventually the west will tire of it and force a solution.
4. No one outside the USA, Canada nd Europe give adamn about this war. You would not have 100 countries coming to speak with "Hiler incarnated" as the west describes Putin They see opportunity and the future with Russia and China. The G-20 (?) in India shortly refused to invite Ukraine. Modi wants it all about economics, he knows it'll turn into a mees if it is's Ukraine, Ulraine, Ukraine for the meetin. He doesn't give a shi*
5. No one outside the west like thes the decadent shi*holes the west has become. Massibe Drugs issues, gay craziness, pride months, and especially this trans insanity (really loved in the Muslim world and China) and our increasing walk towards socialism. We've become a complete joke on the world stage.
6. Putin will win this and don't be surprised if Zelensky courts Putin at the end of this, become friends and the west look like idiots.
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