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Originally Posted by Pointman
The last time US declared that another president has committed war crimes, they bombed his country (Iraq). I get Saddam didn't have nukes, but it appears to be the only thing that stops US from striking Moscow. Could US perform some kind of sabotage on Russian's nuclear weapons and then strike? Average men such as me don't really understand how it works and it's worries.
1. US is obviously itching to destroy Putin
2. The only thing that's stopping them is nukes
3. US secret service are very likely trying their best to undermine Putin's ability to nuke
4. US have their spies very close to Putin. Putin has been really scared by US intelligence, as evidenced by the fact that he has limited US embassy capacity some years ago because of their alleged spying activity.
5. Now what if by the end if the year US intelligence will figure out how to neutralize Russia's ability to nuke back? Then US blasts Moscow off map and be done with it.
I still think it's unlikely. But I no longer think it's impossible
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Hey man, I just want to give you some advice on living in a city that could - theoretically - be nuked by one of the nuclear states at any instant.
You gotta come up with your own 'red line.' What do you think is a legitimate trigger that would motivate the nuclear state to unleash such a weapon? I personally don't think the US would unleash nuclear weapons on Moscow to get rid of Putin. Even if Putin dropped tactical nukes in Ukraine, I don't think they would, not Moscow. But, this isn't about me, this is about you... what is
your red line? What's the thing that will say to you "time to go."
For me, here in Taiwan, it's some combination of economic factors (unemployment, inflation) and an active anti-CCP "colour revolution" type event in Beijing which looks like it might actually impact the Communists. That's my "I'm getting the hell out" signal. I could be wildly wrong, but I can't really do anything about that (other than leave right now), so I comfort myself with my own red line. I have made promises to my family and friends that if and when those things arise, I'm on the next plane out.
And then I just live my life. That's, I think, how you have to approach it. Figure out what your signal is going to be. Is it the police forces siding with protesters? Putin using WMD's in Ukraine? Official word that China is turning off the last economic taps? Whatever you pick, pick it, have confidence in it, pay attention to it, and then just keep on keeping on, because otherwise the stress will grind you into a fine powder.