| > how did Russia become the nuclear bully By routinely threatening to use their nuclear weapons. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-issues-warning-us... https://www.icanw.org/new_russian_doctrine_increases_possibl... https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-... Politics is sometimes extremely simple, and the people seeking to complicate matters are the ones with ulterior motivates to do so. > Are you aware of several nuclear pre-emptive strike plans that have been floating around lately in the U.S against Russia Not true. Please provide a citation if I am wrong. > Imagine if Canada suddenly went through an 'organic' uprising and decided it wanted to join the Chinese NATO equivalent, would anyone believe that possible without prior assurances?, how would the U.S respond? Yes, good point. Trump's idiot empty threats aside, if Canada actually felt the need to get external security guarantees against a planned US invasion, they would have every right to do so. They don't, so they don't. Ukraine does, so they do. > The whole 51st state cannot be a Trump only thing It is. It was not spoken of before his victory, and won't be again after he is gone. Trump is a gift to anyone seeking to "both sides" Russia's aggression, but serious people see through that. > Ukraine owing the U.S half of its mineral wealth wasn't just a Trump thing Again, yes it was. > If anything, it is the U.S that is the nuclear bully. You have yet to offer any supporting evidence of this. |