[jgrowl]

I find myself uncomfortably on your side of the argument, against the popular sentiment here.

Russia is bombing Ukrainian communication towers, spreading malware, coordinating attacks, in an active unprovoked invasion.

From my perspective, I see one country invading another country saying "If you try and stop us then we'll nuke the world."

That is not how nuclear deterrence has worked in the past and if it not challenged then it will become the norm. Call their bluff. Hope that it is a bluff, because if it isn't, then it only will delay the inevitable until we are all in a worse bargaining place.

To let evil flourish while you sit and do nothing is the same as doing evil. If we all die, then let us die doing what is right, in good conscience, protecting the vulnerable, upholding civilized order.

[ianai]

Exactly. The current posture seems to be eroding the world order by simply reminding people they have nukes. That’s not a change. They’ve always had them. They’re trying to use them in a new way. This new way would have probably been dealt with much more severely in the 70s/80s/90s.