[T-A]

> a demonstration of what would happen to Western population centers

Because nobody has seen the photos from Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Anyone claiming the need for such a "demonstration" is clearly irrational and needs to be dealt with accordingly.

[sinyug]

> Anyone claiming the need for such a "demonstration" is clearly irrational

Some would say that interfering in a territorial conflict between a nuclear power and its neighbor is an irrational act by itself.

[T-A]

Yes, the same kind of person who would say that the thought process behind committing mass murder to "demonstrate" what everybody already knows "can be defended".