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U.S. ambassador to U.N.: Putin's order to put nuclear forces on alert "totally unacceptable"U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Russian President Vladimir Putin's move to place nuclear deterrence forces on high alert is "totally unacceptable."
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Putin's order to put nuclear forces on alert "totally unacceptable" (Original Post)
L. Coyote
Feb 2022
OP
the leader of Russia is now Insane and threatening to play with Thermo Nuclear Weapons
magicguido
Feb 2022
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notinkansas
(1,096 posts)1. Sometimes tact has its limits.
His action was reckless, dangerous, evil and maybe even game-changing.
There are probably better words for this, but it's a start.
PortTack
(32,809 posts)2. Game changing as in he needs to be stopped at all costs?
notinkansas
(1,096 posts)3. It probably depends on your definition of 'all costs'.
Preemptively nuking the Russian populace is not where I was going with this, but the possibility of Nato involvement to preempt a Russian nuclear attack. Somehow? Something more stern than 'unacceptable' is in order.
magicguido
(6,315 posts)4. the leader of Russia is now Insane and threatening to play with Thermo Nuclear Weapons
Hopefully those around him will take care of the matter
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)5. Men with too much power, always seems to be a recipe for big problems.
The solution is not to give such power to one person in the first place, and therein lies the solution for the future.