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Omaha Steve

(99,064 posts)
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 07:46 AM Sep 2022

Blinken: US has told Russia to 'stop the loose talk' on nuclear weapons

Source: The Hill

BY BRAD DRESS

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. has told Russian officials to “stop the loose talk” on potential use of nuclear weapon, following reports that the Biden administration has privately warned the Kremlin to stamp out the escalatory rhetoric.

Blinken told CBS “60 Minutes” host Scott Pelley in an interview aired Sunday that the U.S. has been “very clear with the Russians” both publicly and privately “to stop the loose talk about nuclear weapons.”

“It’s very important that Moscow hear from us and know from us that the consequences would be horrific,” the secretary of state said. “We’ve made that very clear.”

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday the U.S. has warned Moscow of “catastrophic consequences” should it use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.



AP/Eugene Hoshiko
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks after a meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the prime minister’s official residence Monday, July 11, 2022, in Tokyo.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/3660657-blinken-us-has-told-russia-to-stop-the-loose-talk-on-nuclear-weapons/

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Blinken: US has told Russia to 'stop the loose talk' on nuclear weapons (Original Post) Omaha Steve Sep 2022 OP
I think the US/NATO response would be prodigitalson Sep 2022 #1
On what basis? James48 Sep 2022 #3
The Act doesn't require congressional approval until 60 days of fighting prodigitalson Sep 2022 #4
How about if the radioactive cloud blanketed a NATO country? MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2022 #8
Reducing our embassy personal in Russia by half along with ejecting cstanleytech Sep 2022 #2
yeah that would teach them a lesson prodigitalson Sep 2022 #5
Lesson? No. A stronger message than increasing the sanctions right away? Perhaps. cstanleytech Sep 2022 #6
Maybe I misunderstood you but prodigitalson Sep 2022 #7
No, not their actual use rather their continued threat to use them. cstanleytech Sep 2022 #9
gotcha prodigitalson Sep 2022 #10
They didn't stop, though 867-5309. Sep 2022 #11

prodigitalson

(2,293 posts)
1. I think the US/NATO response would be
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 10:07 AM
Sep 2022

a massive and sustained conventional air campaign that would obliterate the Russian Army in Ukraine. I don't think we would respond with nukes because every computer simulated war game the Pentagon has run escalates into a thermonuclear exchange between Russia and the West whenever there is a nuclear response to an initial tactical nuke strike by Russia. I can't remember where I read that but it was some publication by a reputable academic military think tank. Institute for the Study of War, I think.

James48

(4,416 posts)
3. On what basis?
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 08:23 PM
Sep 2022

Congress has not declared war. Only Congress can declare a war, and there is no case to be made, yet.

The U.S. cannot sends troops except under terms of the War Powers Act, and I don’t see that happening now.

If Russia hits a NATO country - that’s a different story.
Then all bets are off.

prodigitalson

(2,293 posts)
4. The Act doesn't require congressional approval until 60 days of fighting
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 08:49 PM
Sep 2022

We would run out of targets way before that.

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,092 posts)
8. How about if the radioactive cloud blanketed a NATO country?
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 04:56 PM
Sep 2022

Would that trigger Article 5 of the NATO treaty?

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
2. Reducing our embassy personal in Russia by half along with ejecting
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 01:23 PM
Sep 2022

half of the Russian embassy personal might send a stronger message.

prodigitalson

(2,293 posts)
7. Maybe I misunderstood you but
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 04:53 PM
Sep 2022

you seem to be saying that an appropriate response to a Russian use of nuclear weapons should be to expel diplomats, and reduce our embassy staff?

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
9. No, not their actual use rather their continued threat to use them.
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 05:08 PM
Sep 2022

And the Russian ambassadors would be allowed to remain but with a reduced staff.

 

867-5309.

(1,189 posts)
11. They didn't stop, though
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 05:19 PM
Sep 2022
A key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday that Putin’s recent threat to use nuclear weapons is “not a bluff.”...

“This is not a bluff,” Putin said Wednesday. “And those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the weathervane can turn and point towards them..


https://thehill.com/policy/international/3662868-putin-nuclear-threat-not-a-bluff-medvedev-says/
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