“...but we want all our partners to realize that Russia will use armed force to defend its own and its allies’ sovereignty and territorial integrity. It may resort to a pre-emptive nuclear strike in cases specified by its doctrine.”- Russian Gen. Baluyevsky
Why all this talk now and military muscle flexing?
First question is if Israel attacks Putin’s little bud a few nations over is Russia threatening Israel knowing there’s a possible “hit” in the works for Natanz et al?
And if Russia has intelligence info the U.S. doesn’t regarding a possible nuclear acquisition by terrorists (assuming they weren’t supplied by Russian black markets etc. which is a great cause of concern) would they share the info? That’s a pretty generic warning they stated regarding “terrorists”.
I would be worried. If Hillary is elected President she will feel the need to assert herself so as to avoid charges of looking weak as a female. Obama will also try to appear to be not weak and inexperienced. Both will tend to choose a military option earlier than their Republican counterpart would for those reasons.