Is Putin bluffing?

Is Putin bluffing?

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MB

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Shav said he is bluffing.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-warns-west-russia-nato-conflict-is-just-one-step-ww3-2024-03-17/

What do the rest of you think?

Lord

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Yes he is bluffing.

MB

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@shavixmir
Bluffing about what? He didn't say he would start WW3.
Maybe you should read the article.

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@Metal-Brain said
@shavixmir
Bluffing about what? He didn't say he would start WW3.
Maybe you should read the article.
Nobody is going to start a nuclear war.

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@shavixmir said
Nobody is going to start a nuclear war.
Who said anything about nuclear war?
It says WW3 dummy.

You claimed WW3 would not result in a nuclear war so why are you conflating the two now?

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@Metal-Brain said
Who said anything about nuclear war?
It says WW3 dummy.

You claimed WW3 would not result in a nuclear war so why are you conflating the two now?
Well, obviously WW3 is a possibility.
It just won't be nuclear.

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@shavixmir said
Well, obviously WW3 is a possibility.
It just won't be nuclear.
I think most people would acknowledge WW3 turning nuclear is a possibility.
If you think Russia would accept defeat rather than use nukes why do you think that? Are you counting on Putin's exceptional moral character?

If nobody would dare use nukes then they are useless. Are you claiming nukes are useless to both Russia and the USA? If that is true Russia is about to be wiped off the map of history. They are no match for all of NATO.

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@Metal-Brain
Putin is not really bluffing, as the final outcome that he speculates on is out of his control.

But, yea, I think if the US went at it with Russia, it would trigger WWIII. I think China might get in to that.

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@Earl-of-Trumps said
@Metal-Brain
Putin is not really bluffing, as the final outcome that he speculates on is out of his control.

But, yea, I think if the US went at it with Russia, it would trigger WWIII. I think China might get in to that.
Agreed.
It seems to me this is escalating little by little in a deliberate effort to enter WW3. I would describe it as entering WW3 in slow motion. Because it is a proxy war most people don't accept it is WW3 yet, but some people have said it is. NATO countries are arming Ukraine so NATO is already involved in the war. Some NATO nations are arming the proxy.

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@shavixmir said
Well, obviously WW3 is a possibility.
It just won't be nuclear.
US approves new nuclear warhead program despite cost increase
Critics have urged Washington to ditch the “expensive, dangerous, and unnecessary” project

https://www.rt.com/news/600714-us-approves-sentinel-missile-program/

The Pentagon seems to disagree with you. They need more nukes.
If MAD is real are they mad?

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@Metal-Brain said
US approves new nuclear warhead program despite cost increase
Critics have urged Washington to ditch the “expensive, dangerous, and unnecessary” project

https://www.rt.com/news/600714-us-approves-sentinel-missile-program/

The Pentagon seems to disagree with you. They need more nukes.
If MAD is real are they mad?
Follow the money.

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@shavixmir said
Follow the money.
So you have a conspiracy theory?

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@Metal-Brain said
So you have a conspiracy theory?
No. Just ask yourself: who’s making money.

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@Metal-Brain said
Shav said he is bluffing.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-warns-west-russia-nato-conflict-is-just-one-step-ww3-2024-03-17/

What do the rest of you think?
Soknhouse is our resident knower of what leaders are thinking.

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@Metal-Brain said
US approves new nuclear warhead program despite cost increase
Critics have urged Washington to ditch the “expensive, dangerous, and unnecessary” project

https://www.rt.com/news/600714-us-approves-sentinel-missile-program/

The Pentagon seems to disagree with you. They need more nukes.
If MAD is real are they mad?
A new warhead expense is really going to piss Zhalanzi off, until we use it to push Russia back from his border.

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