Ukraine’s offensive in Kursk demonstrates that Russia’s nuclear threat is a bluff and renders the entire US Biden administration’s doctrine of de-escalation irrelevant.
by Loki9101
Ukraine’s offensive in Kursk demonstrates that Russia’s nuclear threat is a bluff and renders the entire US Biden administration’s doctrine of de-escalation irrelevant.
by Loki9101
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Indeed it does.
Legally speaking this is invasion of Russian territory by troops of a foreign power something which should warrant a nuclear response.
Instead…nothing… impotent protests and sadly strikes at civilians.
Ehm, just because you managed to pet the bear 1x without getting mauled doesn’t mean it won’t bite … This is a bit of a moot argument at this moment.. Ukraine has captured like 0.1% of russia, and it is not going to capture Moscow (yet.).
Too few were publicly calling for a no fly zone in February 2022. Would have changed everything.
But understanding putin’s logic is such a long process in most of the western minds.
Russie has no nukes…
They’re using col war era tanks as makeshift people carriers…
There’s no bloody Nukes…
So, the War on Escalation will end?
Indeed. This may have been one of the best objectives of the invasion of Russia: the diplomatic objective. After a few of Biden’s advisers changed their pants, hopefully the ones that did not need to change were heard.
Putin has been been very good at predicting the inaction of the west. Like Ukraine, we need to learn how to surprise.
Also nuke rant about sending tanks, aircraft, long range missiles, striking Russian soil.
Its obvious Russia does not want nuclear exhange. No one does. I dont trust them but seems there is some sense in their heads.
>Ukraine’s offensive in Kursk demonstrates that Russia’s nuclear threat is a bluff and renders the entire US Biden administration’s doctrine of de-escalation irrelevant.
Red line with nuke threat => Red line crossed => Red line become provocation => Forget about it => New red line with nuke threat => Repeat
How many times this cycle repeated? Now we are – again – in the third step.
I’m not sure if the US Actually cared about “de escalation” or if they wanted to bleed Russia dry into irrelevance by pro longing the war rather than risk a quick collapse.
They have nothing, they are a paper tiger. Remember that Ukraine has been able to fly drones (some of which have essentially been small planes) hundreds of km into russia largely at will and face almost no resistance, no anti-aircraft, just small arms fire once those drones are within a few hundred metres of their targets.
It’s all bluff and bravado. As we’ve seen time and time again over the years, the moment that russia faces any form of real, organised and motivated resistance, the “second army of the world” crumbles like a house of cards.
As soon as you attack another country they get an invitation to attack you back that is not an escalation. Using NBC weapons would be but only for the first country to use them. Russia attacked critical civilian infrastructure so Ukraine doing the same is also no escalation.
Moot Biden point tbh. He doesn’t have a choice in showing de-escalation, just like any other nuclear nation btw. Because otherwise Russians can spin it in escalation to the face of the world. When _all_ of them know it’s bluff, they’re not you and me, they can’t act like they know that for sure. And we armchair generals know best
**The Russian Army, 2nd best Army in Russia.**
De-escalation is like a woman stopping to fight a rapist in hopes the rapist stop midway.
If you want to stop the rapist you respond by shoving your thumbs into his eye sockets
Jake Sullivan, Abe Lincoln, Biden all must go in a few months and they are and will. Kamala Harris and Tik Walz is the way.
What a stupid take
Statements like these in the title are a sign of the times. No middle ground, no grey tones, only full in or out, right or wrong, extremes.
Although I don‘t agree with many things my government or the US administration did with regard to support to Ukraine (we need more of it!), calling their whole approach „irrelevant“ is just another attention whore title for clicks (as always these days on the internet).
Russia is a joke. The Russian people are a joke. The Russian military is a joke. Russian schools of thought are jokes. Russian infrastructure is a joke. The Russian economy is a joke. Russian History is a joke. *Russia. Is. A. Joke.*
We need to shake this image of russia as some kind of unbeatable monster with infinite resources. They are not. They can and will reach a limit of what they can sustain.
At the same time it’s important not to underestimate them. A vicious wounded animal can still bite.
I don’t think it’s that straight forward. Nevertheless, I hope the offensive opens up new opportunities. Maybe a land swap?
Try telling the spineless wusses over in the prepper subs that russia won’t use nukes. I don’t understand how anyone can be intimidated by russia if they have a spine, it should be impossible. Russia is the most embarrassing and weakest shithole in the world.
I’ve been trying to shout that from the start. You never beat a bully by appeasing them. Putin uses idle threats to get what he wants for free, and he thinks it makes him clever.