Vladimir Putin's decision to forward deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus has made headlines around the world - but forward-basing of nuclear weapons has limited military benefit.

 

Intercontinental ballistic missiles have virtually unlimited range, so forward-deploying nuclear weapons to Belarus territory is not driven by military necessity.

 

However, the primary benefit is maintaining the omnipresent threat of nuclear confrontation at the forefront of Western leaders' minds, to deter continued western military support for Ukraine.

 

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-the-boy-who-cried-wolf-should-putins-nuclear-threat-be-believed-12846648

 

 

 

Believe what you like,  there's the  emotional responses and the idiot and expert individual responses.

Many in "the west" say Putin should not escalate the war. And then the west delivers more and more advanced weapons to Ukraine, including German tanks.

Nobody should be surprised if Putin answers escalation with escalation.

And when people say Putin must be destroyed, what do they think? That Putin will sit there and let it happen?

 

All this doesn't mean that I support the Russian invasion or Putin. But let's keep in mind that Russia invaded a so called neutral country. He didn't invade a country within Nato.

I don't know any good solution. But pretending Putin has no nuclear weapons or thinking he will never use them is a huge gamble. A gamble with the survival of mankind. Be careful! 

 

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Nobody should be surprised if Putin answers escalation with escalation.

So now we are defining "defending our own land by any means possible" as "escalation"... INTERESTING... ????

5 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Many in "the west" say Putin should not escalate the war. And then the west delivers more and more advanced weapons to Ukraine, including German tanks.

Nobody should be surprised if Putin answers escalation with escalation.

And when people say Putin must be destroyed, what do they think? That Putin will sit there and let it happen?

 

All this doesn't mean that I support the Russian invasion or Putin. But let's keep in mind that Russia invaded a so called neutral country. He didn't invade a country within Nato.

I don't know any good solution. But pretending Putin has no nuclear weapons or thinking he will never use them is a huge gamble. A gamble with the survival of mankind. Be careful! 

 

Well the experiment continues to see if he will use nuclear weapons. 

Just because Putin has nukes does that mean he should be given impunity to invade any sovereign country he chooses. 

 

"Dictators can be deterred, they can be crushed - but they can never be appeased." [Margaret Thatcher]. 

He should be taken very seriously (I’m sure he is)he’s also created a war of conquest and extermination of a people and nation that is very serious indeed it goes against everything that is moral and correct that must be taken seriously he knows the consequences call his threat we cannot turn our backs on Ukraine ???????? slava Ukraine ???????? evict the invaders 

Remember why the USA is doing everything to make sure Iran doesn't get nuclear weapons.

And see with how much North Korea gets away because they have those nuclear weapons.

It's the biggest and scariest difference which exists for possible war. 

 

Putin should lose, and the sooner the better. But IMHO the west should not put Putin under so much pressure that he will use nuclear weapons.