You can't tell if he's bluffing unless you take action that forces him to reveal his hand, at which point it could be too late and the nukes are already in the sky.
Enforcing the no fly zone means shooting down Russian planes which would certainly escalate things.
No-one should take this silly threat seriously. If Putin escalates to war with NATO he loses and he knows it. He will not do it over the supply of planes.
Germany's upwards of one and a quarter million mainly undocumented middle eastern migrants will be interesting
as to which side they favour when push comes to shove
and the German population is shivering from cold and fear.
You can't tell if he's bluffing unless you take action that forces him to reveal his hand, at which point it could be too late and the nukes are already in the sky.
Enforcing the no fly zone means shooting down Russian planes which would certainly escalate things.
By the time we find out that Ukrain is just a stepping stone, we may realize we should have stopped him sooner.
We know now that Crimea was not enough for instance. That is information that should be useful to us, yet we seem to ignore the pattern forming right in front of us.
He he's not bluffing with nukes, then we shouldn't expect him to stop here and need to act sooner rather than later.
It isnt a stepping stone, Putin can barely take a small Eastern European City and is resorting to hiring private military groups because his own troops cant match Ukraine troops in a fire fight
i cant stand watching babies and toddlers waving goodbye to their daddies, i am feeling sick already. I have thoughts WW3 is maybe worth it, if we tolerate this then our children will be next, and i for one prefer a lift the burden rather for my kids to suffer.
Toothless threat. Unless they want NATO to fully get involved.
Tell yourself that. Putin obviously doesn't need conventional capabilities against NATO. His threat of nukes seems to keep us under control just fine.
Russia say 16,000 fighters from middle east want to fight for them out of the goodness of their heart for Russia lol.
Yeah right, like there is no large sum of money exchanged hands to some other dictator rat
I feel like Ukraine are way past the point of diplomacy and any concessions would be a loss for the free world.
Repeated because it deserves repeating.Vladimir Putin suffers a heart attack, and lapses into a coma. He awakes years later in a hospital bed, and confused, stumbles past the sleeping guard on his room door and out into the street. Discombobulated, he wanders the streets of Moscow trying to figure out what’s happened while he was out. Seeing a bar, he decides to get himself a drink to help gather his thoughts. So, sitting down he orders a Vodka, and after a few nervous sips, gathers the courage to ask the barman “What year is it?”, “2025” answers the barman, “Did we win?” Putin enquires, “Da” replies the barman, “Is Crimea ours?” he presses further, “Da” repeats the barman. Relieved, Putin throws back the rest of his Vodka. “So, what do I owe you for the drink?” asks Putin. “100 Hvyirna.” answers the barman….
I tend to agree with you, but the fact is sll NATO countries feel threatened or more likely don't want to enter a direct war with Russia due to economic snd political reasons. NATO countries could jave kicked up a big fuss in 2014 by they chose not to get involved.
The fact is you can't criticize Biden not committing to a no-fly zone or transferring Polish Migs without equally criticizing Boris and indeed all NATO leaders. No NATO country required NATO permission to transfer Migs