CaptainExplosion said:
Dulfite said:
I get the impression you think Putin will actually fire the nukes? No way that happens, despite whatever rhetoric on his behalf. He isn't stupid, if Russia fires nukes, almost every single one of them will get shot down before they land (most of them will be destroyed at the missile sites before they even have a chance to be unleashed). The few that day land won't hit any major cities as their iron dome defenses (for lack of a better term) will kick in, so the allies will basically have minimal losses, yet Moscow would be utterly annihilated at the very least (enough nukes will launch at that one city alone that they couldn't shoot all of them down) and Russia would dissolve into numerous warring/separated factions without it, leaving Russia gone as an empire of the past and Putin as the laughingstock dictator of a once great nation. Putin, I think, wants to go down in history as a powerful leader, not one who brought about the destruction of the nation he lead. No way, if he is sane, will he launch nukes. He only has a chance at winning proxy, conventional wars, not anything direct against NATO and certainly not going nuclear. If he is crazy, on the other hand, then I think his own generals would remove him from power or kill him before they actually launch nukes. |
But aren't his own generals spineless around him? Dulfite said:
It isn't always that black and white. Not to say they aren't doing an evil, but let's take North Korea, for example. We know from intelligence, interviewed defectors, etc. that if you disobey orders, if you defect, if you don't fall in line completely, then not only you, but your entire family could be massacred. If Russia has similar situations, it would be very difficult for even the most moralist people out there from at least looking like you are following orders by crossing the border and pointing your gun at the targets. I wouldn't be surprised at all, if many Russian troops aim to miss as they shoot, just so they give the illusion of following orders without crossing a morole line. Sure, there are plenty that have evil in their hearts, but there are also many just concerned about their families and loved ones and appearing to follow orders so they stay safe and alive. |
You keep telling me that there are good people in the Russian army, but it's getting harder and harder to find them. |
Oh I never said good. As a christian, I know there is no one good, no one righteous, except Jesus Christ, and only by His grace am I saved by his free gift of life which I accepted.
I just always try to understand people's mentality, and some people do terrible things to keep things from happening to their loved ones.
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