(June 28, 2024 at 7:40 am)Deesse23 Wrote:(June 28, 2024 at 6:00 am)pocaracas Wrote: Maybe.Thats not my point. I dint intend to discuss the ABILITY of Russia to launch nukes. I STATED A FACT. The FACT that Moscow has threatened nuclear war, directly or indirectly, more often than i change my underwear, and contrary to public belief, i am a very cleanly person.
Maybe all of their nukes have rusted through and they're just some dirty bombs by now with little capacity to even fly.
We don't know. That's why it's a fear... the fear of the unknown.
If someone repeatedly threatens to punch you in the face but never does, it eventually ceases to be much of a threat.
To carry the analogy a bit further, if this person ever does punch you in the face, he’ll immediately have to deal with your 31 heavily armed friends.
Boru
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