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by _kbh_ 1360 days ago
> When a dictatorship with nukes attacks a country without a nuclear umbrella, if too much resistance is encountered, nukes will probably be used (maybe "small" tactical nukes at first). Ukraine army is now millions being weaponized from all over the world and started to really resist. If that becomes too much for the army of putin's regime, we all know what will happen.

If Russia even blinks at a nuke in Ukraine they will lose the war and likely also collapse within a small number of years.

The Americans have made it clear that any use of a nuke in Ukraine will be met with overwhelming force, and realistically they have to follow through.

If someone doesn't respond then any nuclear country (of which there are many) can now just nuke someone when they don't get their way, throwing a tantrum like a child.

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A "overwhelming force"? Able to scare putin with his russian nukes? "magic"? "Super Heroes"?

And this is exactly what I said: any dictatorship with nukes can go to war with any country in the world which has no nuclear umbrella from a significant nuclear country. It means that significant nuclear country is ok to anihilate the attacker and die in the process (assured mutual nuclear destruction).