Jun 25, 2024
Putin knows perfectly well that the West has sabres, they do not have to be rattled. That's why it is all a bluff. The West has options to initiate nuclear war also; they are bluffs also. Really, the bluffing should end posthaste; it's just scaring people and it's undermines basic trust. All the nuclear arms states should follow the no-first-use examples set by India and China.
For more detail, see this: https://aaron-tovish.medium.com/liberation-day-minus-7715-log-9-theyre-all-bluffing-not-just-putin-but-that-doesn-t-make-it-ok-78d929273df9 .