Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoPutin doesn't really want a war with NATO because 'Russia will lose and lose quickly,' UK military chief sayswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up1456arrow-down132
arrow-up1424arrow-down1external-linkPutin doesn't really want a war with NATO because 'Russia will lose and lose quickly,' UK military chief sayswww.businessinsider.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square141fedilink
minus-squareEatATacolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·9 months agoWhy not just launch them now then?
minus-squareEatATacolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoThe poster said he would sacrifice a few cities to take down a western power. He could do that now.
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·9 months agoWhy would he do that now?
minus-squareEatATacolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoThe criteria given by the other poster for Putin to use nukes is currently met. So using their logic, he should launch them now. I’m asking why he doesn’t.
minus-squareintensely_humanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·9 months agoNo the criterion is a war between NATO and Russia. That criterion is not met.
minus-squareEatATacolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI don’t see why war is necessary to achieve the states goal, but assuming it is…why is war necessary?
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·9 months ago The criteria given by the other poster for Putin to use nukes is currently met. So using their logic, he should launch them now. Necessary criteria isn’t the same as motivating criteria.
Why not just launch them now then?
Why would he?
The poster said he would sacrifice a few cities to take down a western power. He could do that now.
Why would he do that now?
The criteria given by the other poster for Putin to use nukes is currently met. So using their logic, he should launch them now. I’m asking why he doesn’t.
No the criterion is a war between NATO and Russia. That criterion is not met.
I don’t see why war is necessary to achieve the states goal, but assuming it is…why is war necessary?
Necessary criteria isn’t the same as motivating criteria.