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War may be coming. Are we psychologically ready?

60 points · 175 comments · meep_meep_meep

  1. nullorempty · · focus · HN ↗
    Russian war with Europe would be ‘very short’ – Lavrov

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rt.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;645860-lavrov-eu-nato-putin&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rt.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;645860-lavrov-eu-nato-putin&#x2F;

    1. perrygeo · · focus · HN ↗
      Read between the lines. He&#x27;s saying &quot;Mess with us, we&#x27;ll nuke you.&quot; They mean it. Putin is desperate enough to do it. Anyone responding to this with Euro-bravado is an idiot. Some of y&#x27;all didn&#x27;t grow up during the cold war and your blind spot is showing. No one wins in a nuclear war.
      1. notaigenerated · · focus · HN ↗
        They never mean it, it&#x27;s a threatening tactics. Their children live in western countries and their money is there. They wouldn&#x27;t allow nuking western countries just like that. ESPECIALLY if they know they attacked first. Even their own doctrine doesn&#x27;t allow using nukes for anything except the direct external threat to their statehood.
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