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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOne More Thing to Worry About: Putin May Be Paving the Way to Use Chemical Weapons in Ukraine
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/one-more-thing-to-worry-about-putin-may-be-paving-the-way-to-use-chemical-weapons-in-ukraine/Those recent pics of Putin at those looooooong tables makes me wonder if there are reasons besides COVID underlying his extreme caution: he is intimately familiar with weapons like Novichok and how easily they can be administered to someone. I know Zelenskyy wants to one-on-one with Putin, but if they ever meet in person, I hope Zelenskyy maintains a considerable distance from all of Putin's operatives. Zelenskyy is a brave man, and I could see Putin using that strength against him. Putin is a black-hearted motherfucking weasel coward piece-of-shit that needs to be gone from this world. Imho.
Irish_Dem
(45,619 posts)It was his intent to use them and blame the Ukrainians.
And it looks like he may let the Chernobyl reactor blow up. Saves him the trouble of nukes.
jimfields33
(15,450 posts)He will tell the world first. Hes pretty much has gave every move hes made including letting the world know when he was going to invade. Never seen anything like that.
Irish_Dem
(45,619 posts)He has done mostly covert operations, but now is the time for him to display his might, and shift world power to Russia.
Yes you could be quite right, he will announce his cruelty to the world. His tactic is to terrorize the world, so he would make sure the world knows what he is doing.
This is one reason he used signature poisoning of enemies. He wants the world to know he is the culprit.
RussBLib
(8,983 posts)I wonder if Putin using tactical nukes would be enough to get NATO involved?
I kind of doubt it. Apparently, only Putin attacking a NATO country would be enough, but I even wonder about that.