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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone really think that NATO will risk a nuclear holocaust if Russia were [View all]radius777
(3,768 posts)85. Not really. NATO is well prepared to win such a war,
thus it would be the end of Putin/Russia - not NATO.
The West - which is far wealthier and better armed - is not going to lose any conflict with Russia. That's what Putin wants everyone to think, but it is only sabre rattling to scare people and get them cowering at his feet.
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Does anyone really think that NATO will risk a nuclear holocaust if Russia were [View all]
totodeinhere
Mar 2022
OP
Your whole argument is bullshit, you've been pushing this crap lately,
MarineCombatEngineer
Mar 2022
#21
Cockroaches are already sentient. Just not very much. Beware of binary thinking.
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2022
#89
Agreed. I would have it set at one second to midnight if it were up to me. n/t
totodeinhere
Mar 2022
#100
We all know about article 5. But would you consider taking a chance on being
totodeinhere
Mar 2022
#17
Article 5 does NOT mean that we nuke Moscow if Russia attacks a NATO country.
LudwigPastorius
Mar 2022
#63
Of course. But a conventional response to a Russian attack could cause Putin
totodeinhere
Mar 2022
#65
Sorry for acting like a fool, but I do not want to see a thermonuclear war.
totodeinhere
Mar 2022
#22
I think NATO will react quickly and decisively to any attack on member nations
Torchlight
Mar 2022
#11
It looks like the OP is arguing that NATO should not respond if Putin invades a NATO country.
lagomorph777
Mar 2022
#29
The escalation from conventional to nuclear war may indeed trigger a response.
SoonerPride
Mar 2022
#27
Oh come on. I doubt if there is any chance whatsoever that Putin will read my
totodeinhere
Mar 2022
#26
+1000 NATO literally has one function. If it doesn't do its job, NATO is doomed,
lagomorph777
Mar 2022
#25
There's No Risk, Putin is Full of Shit and He Will be Erased from Existence if he Attacks a NATO
Beetwasher.
Mar 2022
#31
The US is a NATO member and we spend what the next 10 countries do COMBINED
SoonerPride
Mar 2022
#42
Yes, but it would take months for us to move substantial military force to
totodeinhere
Mar 2022
#48
How long do you think it would take to fly a squadron of bomber jets from the US to the Baltics?
Crunchy Frog
Mar 2022
#88
I feel like NATO will be happy to follow the US into a war. If they didn't
flying_wahini
Mar 2022
#58
What's to prevent him from demanding he become our president if he threatens to nuke us if we don't
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2022
#67
They will risk it. NO doubt. Nuclear brinkmanship as last seen during the Cuban Missile Crisis
andym
Mar 2022
#76
Absolutely. An attack on a NATO country would be met with overwhelming conventional force.
Crunchy Frog
Mar 2022
#92