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Originally Posted by Itse
No, this makes little sense. Mutual Assured Destruction. If moving countries under the NATO umbrella was a reason for Russia to nuke someone, they would have started that long ago.
Russia is also already fully and openly saying that they're in war against NATO over Ukraine.
I would in fact argue that what IS driving up the risk of nuclear war is allowing the situation to become this prolonged and letting it escalate slowly. The longer nations are at war, the lower their inhibitions are to do everything in their power to win. Carpet bombing, fire bombing and finally nuking cities wasn't how WW2 started, it took a few years to get there.
The smart move would have been to put a quick end to this long ago and call Putin's bluff then. It's still the smart move.
Every day that Putin spends in isolation and desperation fighting an unwinnable war and killing everyone who isn't a total yes man around him is a day that increases the risk of a nuclear war, as him and the people around him really lose their grasp on reality.
That to me is a fairly obvious truth. There likely is no way to slowly inch out of this.
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Well we disagree then. Also there’s a difference between current member NATO countries joining and Ukraine, obviously.