Putin Invades the Ukraine

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Originally Posted by donquixote99

But the threat to allies was very much in terms of conventional weapons. I'm not inclined to view with 'alarm' the rapacity of the weapons sellers at this minute, let alone gnawing feelings. The Armageddon threat is alarming, I grant you, and I'd love it if a new detente someday let it be reduced. But the real threat in Europe was always Russian conventional forces operating with impunity under Russia's nuclear umbrella. The gutting of the conventional forces is a huge strategic victory, well worth a note from a think-tank.

Even a babe in geopolitics knows that Russian conventional force is no match for that of US and NATO. Russia does not have the planes, tanks and ships in quality and numbers.

The Russian/Georgian conflict was a huge eye opener.

The reasons for going nuclear are codified in Russian military doctrine and one of them is being overrun conventionally.

The think tank in local parlance "is just eating a food".