Will Russia really destroy the world with nuclear war if Putin doesn't get his way?

[wcmagumba]

This whole thing just makes me tired. I keep thinking wtf is wrong with the Russians...never happy unless they are warring on other countries and making total nuclear war threats. No real answers expected, sharing thoughts and concerns...

[Recycle_Guru]

1. no.

[Walleye]

2. I get the feeling that Putin is a coward

[LoisB]

4. Most bullies are.

[canuckledragger]

6. Of course he is. That's why he goes for all the posturing.

...desperately trying to be a tough guy with those shirtless poses, etc.

Pretentiousness is the name of the game.

[CanonRay]

3. The military would never agree

He's got nothing else with which to make threats. He knows he can't possibly attack NATO on the ground. All he can do is bluster.

[WarGamer]

5. I don't really want to find out.

Russia has made it crystal clear for decades they will use nukes if the territorial sovereignty is threatened.

[lpbk2713]

7. Maybe if he found he has a terminal illness.

Otherwise, he knows there is no place he could go to hide. Every
security organization in the world would be hunting him down.

[Igel]

8. This isn't a binary.

Use of tactical nuclear weapons wouldn't "destroy the world." Send a barrage of ICBMs towards the US or Europe, it's a question.

Now, whether the use of tac nukes would melt NATO's resolve is a rather different question.

Concerns need right-sized.

[Dan]

9. I'm not Russian, so I don't know

The mindset of Putin or the Russian people.

I can only relate something like that to Trump and the MAGA crowd, and would they do the same?

[mitch96]

10. One commenter about the war says that the Zaporizhia power plant cooling system has been mined

If they blow it the nuclear fallout will cover most of Ukraine, Bulgaria, Moldova etc and many square miles of Ruzzia itself..
It's like if they can't have Ukraine, Nobody can have Ukraine..
This would be horrible, worse than Chernobyl..
What's wrong with these people
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[wcmagumba]

11. I have read that too, that's why I consider this an international danger, not so localized...nt