That’s a BS headline made to scare people. The article boils down to “Russia theoretically has the capabilities to attack, but don’t because they know the West will be angry”.
Given the success of the 3 day invasion I’m sure NATO is terrified.
Im sure the Poles and the Fins would absolutely love it if he tried.
It’s all fucked.
Russia fucks around until someone deems them worthy of finding out. Sure, it seems fun when U.S. pilots are cranking up the AC/DC and doing their hero walk on the way to wipe every single Russian airbase and fuel depot off the map, but then half of the west’s water systems, electrical grids, and networking infrastructure gets hacked and severely damaged/bricked. Russia gets hacked and grinds to a standstill. China takes advantage of the chaos and invades Taiwan. The U.S. bombs the chip fabs in Taiwan into powder, and anti-satellite operations trigger the Kessler syndrome. Maybe some of the other regional conflicts pop off, too.
The bright side is that assuming no nukes fly, we’ll see earth’s habitability improve for a while, once people starve and consumption/ability to produce goes way down.
Sounds like the perfect time for that 5 year long camping trip I’ve always wanted to go on
I’m half convinced Putin wants NATO to get directly involved so that he can pull out of Ukraine and be like “We didn’t lose to Ukraine, it was the West who once again oppresses poor little Russia”
If that’s what he really wants, then I’m sure it could be arranged and nobody needs to get nuked. But it probably isn’t.
I’m not so sure NATO wants to play directly into Putin’s anti-West narrative.
Also why would anybody get nuked lol
I’m not so sure NATO wants to play directly into Putin’s anti-West narrative.
They might give Putin that in return for his retreat from Ukraine. That would be the “arrangement”. But again, I don’t really believe it.
Also why would anybody get nuked lol
That’s what Putin keeps threatening if NATO gets involved.
He warned about nukes if the west sent artillery, and then when they sent tanks and again over HIMARS, and guess what the threat was about sending jets?
If that’s what is necessary let’s go
I bet that will be his playbook if Joe Biden retains the White House.
If Trump returns to the White House, Putin will get a punch card for every NATO state he annexes—for every sixth country he conquers, he’ll get a genocide “free-pass”.
for every sixth country he conquers, he’ll get a genocide “free-pass”.
The fine print will read: may be used on past genocides to obtain this card.
Russia can’t even succeed against Ukraine. What makes him think he has a chance in hell against the combined power of NATO? Hell, man, I’m pretty sure the USA alone would make quick work of Russia in an all out war.
I’m sure Poland alone can take on Russia at this point.
Assuming it doesn’t result in a nuclear war. Both nations have enough nukes to wipe all life off the face of the earth.
unless they let loose the whole thermonuclear, biological and chemical warfare…
Well, nobody wins in that scenario
Russia would be hardest hit though because most of their population is confined to two or three cities. In most of the rest of the world the population is more distributed.
It would be devastating to all sides of course, assuming Russia’s oligarchs haven’t stolen the nukes, but Russia would come off worse. Anyway Putin wants to be in charge he isn’t going to risk getting the entire country destroyed, if only because it’s not fun ruling over a crater riddled radioactive moonscape.
Also because the wind blows East out of Europe. So, nuking Europe pushes the fallout across Russia. They would essentially be nuking themselves. The United States is probably the most dispersed population. The country is huge, and other than the big coastal cities, people are spread out over thousands of miles.
Even if he survived the exchange, he would be killed. There’s no way he’d be allowed to live.
I’ve been saying this for a long while, but Russia’s every move seems to indicate desperation.
Desperate to leave a legacy.
“Stalin was an amateur. 28 million, here we come!” --putin, probably
Russia has claimed it’s going to attack a NATO country since before the Ukrainian war started. They like to say it every now and then, just to remind us that they exist and North Eastern Europe is not just an unpopulated wasteland.
Jarosław Stróżyk said Putin is in a position where he could begin planning a small-scale invasion but is holding back due to the West’s response to the attack in Ukraine.
“Putin is certainly already prepared for some mini-operation against one of the Baltic countries, for example, to enter the famous Narva [municipality in Estonia] or to land on one of the Swedish islands,” Mr Stróżyk told Polish paper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
Tl;dr - We think that Putin has the capability to mount a small scale invasion, but isn’t doing it because of NATO’s potential response. But if we assume he really wants to, then he will.
They are not going to get a quarter mile into the EU (that’s 0.4 km for you Euros). NATO doesn’t need to march a bunch of missiles through the streets to feel tough. They keep them ready to go at the airbase.
Putin could put his cock in a hornet nest and jiggle it about, but would he?
Best NATO sales rep ever.
The Russians are welcome. Our archers and griffins will feast on them.
The majority of his army is bogged down in Ukraine. I have doubts about their readyness
I kinda doubt even he thinks that’s a good idea. Unless he’s truly delusional.
That suggests his recent actions haven’t been delusional?
Your argument has a strong essential basis for validity.
He’s not winning on 1 front, now he wants to add another?
They barely have the manpower to push forward even in Ukraine. Then again if they ever want to do it now is the time because in a few decades they’re not going to have enough fighting age men. I just really doubt this. If the current war has taught us anything it’s that they would get absolutely obliterated by Nato and there are no winners in a nuclear exchange. Also them using nukes in Ukraine/Europe would mean nuking themselves too because that’s the direction wind is going to push the fallout. Though that assumes they would care about their civilian population which they clearly don’t.
This sounds like possible intelligence, based on the hawkish tone of france lately; europe has its best interests in going full article 5 if this happens.
Unfortunately it would never happen before jan 7 and a tragic election.
Can we goad him into it? I don’t really want a NATO-Russian war, but it might be the only way to resolve the Russo-Ukraine war to Ukraines advantage.
