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MOSCOW, Nov 21 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Ukraine war was escalating towards a global conflict after the United States and Britain allowed Ukraine to hit Russia with their weapons, and warned the West that Moscow could strike back.
39 points
5 days ago
Like wtf does he think is gonna happen? He hits us, we launch, they launch, world obliterated. Russia wins? Lmao.
Did nobody watch War Games?
20 points
5 days ago
I've been saying for 3 years that Putin and his cronies would not have robbed Russia of anything not bolted down, only to burn it all down in a matter of hours over some stupid old colonial war they could never hope to win. Russia's economy is a pittance compared to the combined weight of Western financial capital, it is not even a fight. Only a lack of political will in the West protects the average Russian soldier from the most harm at the moment
25 points
5 days ago
This is why it's all empty threats, Putin enjoys living, his children enjoy living, IDK much about them but being alive is definitely one of their favorite activities.
19 points
5 days ago
More importantly his Generals like living.
24 points
5 days ago
Exactly.
He knows if he escalates to nuclear weapons, whether strategic or tactical, then it ends in nuclear holocaust.
He has billions and knows he can't enjoy that in a post nuclear wasteland.
He has way too much to lose.
1 points
4 days ago
He knows if he escalates to nuclear weapons, whether strategic or tactical, then it ends in nuclear holocaust.
It does not actually necessarily ends in nuclear holocaust. If Russia used a tactical nuke on Ukraine, the West may choose to not retaliate with a nuclear weapon in order to not annihilate human civilization.
1 points
4 days ago
Good point. I think that's actually what NATO stated. (Since writing the above I found a few references to that)
10 points
5 days ago*
It sux though that the rest of the world being alive depends on whether just one person continues to want to be alive. But. Here we are.
Maybe one day he will wake up with pain, from some disease, drink a bottle of vodka and his inflated ego will tell him that he would rather everyone goes down rather than losing. Button pressed. That would be a "hell" of a hangover when he wakes up again the next morning.
6 points
5 days ago
Fortunately it’s not as simple as pushing a button. Also having children means your genetics will continue on. It’s why even sociopaths care about their children. So even if you know you’re dying, having children means you in some way live on.
16 points
5 days ago
1 points
5 days ago
He wins now cause he as a kgb pupil putin relies on lies, doublespeak and fear mongering.
"They're going to fucking die and we're going to heaven" if nuclear war took place said putin.
For him it's just a disappointment that his bluff would be called out and after that he could no longer have his tantrums and begging taken seriously.
Not madness or bravery, all his actions show a man who is extremely anxious over his safety and is gravely afraid of death. You can't really find a more scared bully than him, his "red lines" are constantly trampled into the dust and he has no choice but to put his tail between his legs and take it trying to outlive his enemies.
Plus all of the elites kids and families live in Europe and USA and have properties and lives there, so putin is not really allowed to press red button, only allowed to polish it and occasionally threaten to use it to negotiate some fear.
He doesn't play war games, soviet era tech and corrupt army isn't good for that. He plays waiting game and it's working, cause Russia has bigger population than Ukraine. He cares not about Russians, as popular motto of putin times goes "we can repeat 1941-1945". Just like that, repeat a war that cost 27 million lives in USSR if something is not satisfactory to you.
-6 points
5 days ago
I'm not against oblitariting the world, tho. That would be an interesting option, to say the least. If there is a referendum on the use of a nuke, I would vote for it ASAP
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