My take is that Medvedev is the “bad cop” meant to do two things
1. Scare folks — Putin can dismiss him as a loudmouth
2. Pump up the pro-Putin group with “look we are a great power”
I lost track of this conflict. What are the issues again which this war is premised on?
I picture him as a cheerleader on the sidelines cheering on his leader on the field lol. He’s no Dallas cowboy foxy lady though lol
Agreed but my take is:
In a world where the history of nuclear weapons and their destructive power can do to human beings is well known (beyond 1945), and one in which every country (including Russia) has plainly said that the use should be unthinkable, now this past year Medveded has waved this threat numerous times.
The only others who have done this kind of irresponsible talk is the Kims of North Korea.
The next time the Russians and the US sit down to a round of SALT or whatever talks, these types of public announcements need to be discussed.
We need to let them know that there can never be a reduction in our arms if their attitude is to threaten us with nuclear war every time they find themselves in trouble.
Jaw, Jaw is better than war, war, as Churchill said. However, we should all-as a country—be pissed about what Medveded said, and that needs to be a consideration for our own nuclear capabilities. Because those warheads won’t care if you are a conservative, a Republican, hate Biden and Obama, hate the Woke... They’ll kill you just the same. So the threat here isn’t against this abstract thing we know as government, or the part controlled by democrats or bureaucrats, but all of us, the country and the people.
Bring back Reagan’s Space-based Defense Initiative. What little we funded since 1984 needs to be filled up.