11 points

Putin mentions nukes every 2 weeks. We’ve been habituated by his frequent mention of nukes. I won’t bat an eye until one actually goes off, for which I’m sure there are already plans in place to address by multiple countries, to include non-Western ones. Putin’s wanna be mind games are a broken record. I’m excited for when this guy is no longer in the news.

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I hope the west is prepared, we’re looking a little dog-bites-tail on the coordinated front.

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7 points

Really doesn’t mean much. Everywhere is already in range.

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The puppet state of Belarus is going to join Russia in its collapse.

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if that alagations are true, that thats the most likely thing to happen.

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So, a guy I see interviewed on YouTube claims to be an ex-cia agent. He said he was basically a James Bond kind of agent. I always doubt these kinds of people.

Anyway, he was saying that Russia will give nukes to belarus and possibly have Belarus’s launch the nuke to Ukraine or Poland.

After that who does nato retaliate against? Belarus? Russia?

So if he is correct, then Belarus may be launching nukes.

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The main purpose of nuclear weapons is nuclear deterrence, not launching them. Belarus being next to NATO’s occupying forces makes it a highly likely target for a NATO invasion, this secures some stability in the region from Russia’s perspective.

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“Nooooo, we are the only ones who can have nukes in puppet states all around the globe, nooooooooooo!”

~A liberal

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As a German, I would say that the degree of “puppetishness” is a little different from that in Belarus.

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Nooo, literally no one should have nukes

-me

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Name one example…

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Israel 😬

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Israel is a lot of things. A puppet state is not one of them.

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UK, France and Israel. Previously the US had nuclear weapons stationed in Japan and South Korea.

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Those aren’t puppet states

Puppet states differ from allies, who choose their actions of their own initiative or in accordance with treaties they have voluntarily entered. Puppet states are forced into legally endorsing actions already taken by a foreign power.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppet_state#Recent_and_current_examples

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Germany has us nukes. Not that we are a puppet state, but it is undeniable that the US has stationed them in bases around the world.

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Germany is in the American sphere of influence and has opted to sacrifice much of its economy for US interests against Russia.

Y’all are pretty puppety when push comes to shove.

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