My fear, I guess everyone's fear, is that Putin would rather drop nukes than lose.

[Rustynaerduwell]

And I don't see him winning this war.

I keep hearing he would never bomb NATO, but what will we do if he uses tactical nuclear weapons inside of Ukraine?

[cloudythescribbler]

1. use of tactical nukes 'as Rx' in conventional warfare is part of standard Russian military doctrine

[dchill]

2. It's not just a fear; it's a logical conclusion.

Which is why I'm not totally against what Lindsey said.

[Texaswitchy]

3. I think he was trying with nuclear power plant.

That was no accident.

[DemocraticPatriot]

8. But his military forces in Ukraine do not seem to be

entirely under his control, if you know what I mean.


As such it seems to me that there is the "possibility" that the target was attacked as it was, through the "ignorance" of the forces at the front...

(but you may be right also, and it could have been ordered as such from the top. Who knows,with this son of a bitch ? (apologies to his mother, I'm sure she never had life-dreams about birthing a new Hitler)

[brewens]

4. Hitler would have. The former guy would if it was just up to him. It's worth hoping someone

is working behind the scenes in Russia to remove Putin, but he obviously would be taking all ruthless measure to prevent that now.

[Kablooie]

6. Putin has set up the government so that...

If he dies all the officials who can get close will lose their their job and go down with him.
I don’t know details but NPR said that’s how he protects himself from assassination.

[honest.abe]

5. I've been thinking he will nuke a small city in western Ukraine ..

as a demonstration if he is unable to win this war with conventional weapons.

[BannonsLiver]

7. The use of tactical nukes is possible.

I’m not sure he would do a preemptive strike on the west with ICBMs even if we got involved directly. But unlike a lot of people here who are VERY CAVALIER about that risk I don’t think anyone could guarantee it wouldn’t happen either.

There’s been way too many emotional arguments being made. I understand why that is. We’ve all felt the weight of what’s happening in some way, and there is a feeling of helplessness.

But moments like this are bad times for ham fisted responses. I’ll stick with Biden and the Joint Chiefs and our NATO allies in this one when it comes to direct involvement. If they change direction I will support that as well. They know more than me.

[Scrivener7]

9. Yep. That's it exactly.