We did this all the time during the Cold War, both sides.
Pooty is just having another emotional foot stomp.
Normalcy bias will get you killed. Do you really think pootie and xiden are paying with a full deck?
Putin has lost if he’s threatening nukes. The facts on the ground speak for themselves. Kharkiv is 15 miles from the border. Over a million Russian speakers. They may speak Russian but they are choosing to be Ukrainian. That’s devastating for Putin. Russian troops are running out of gas there and surrendering.
You’re wrong.
NEVER do I recall heightened nuclear readiness over sanctions.
Something is WRONG with Putin this time around.
I didn’t believe we should get involved in this Ukraine mess at all.
First, I thought Putin’s troop buildup was for leverage.
Then the attacks were to just take parts of the east.
Then he went all in.
He is warning Finland and Sweden and talking about disproportionate response to threats.
He’s not all there anymore.
And he’s a de facto dictator.
And that is bad for everyone.