Quote (fender @ Feb 24 2022 10:07am)
russia isn't liechtenstein. there is no possible way to first-strike their entire nuclear arsenal. fuck, even north korea, with its fledgling nuclear program and a land area approximately 140 times smaller (!) than russia is somewhat safe from an attack, despite all its transgressions and provocations. any serious attack on russia, surprise first strike or not, would inevitably result in nuclear armageddon. literally everyone knows that, i refuse to believe you're genuinely dumb enough not to. i think (and hope) this is just you trying to save face after being 100% wrong about every single aspect of this.
You don't know what you're talking about. There's a reason why during the cold war we put nukes in Turkey and when Russia tried to counter and match we drew the red line on Cuba. Proximity matters, but carry on with a one sided view of this issue.