> Empty threats are Russia's MO and have been for literal decades now. They've threatened Europe with nukes so many times that it doesn't even make the news any

> Empty threats are Russia's MO and have been for literal decades now. They've threatened Europe with nukes so many times that it doesn't even make the news anymore when it happens. And would those threats be more or less credible if Russia unilaterally destroyed all their own nukes (and proved that they had done so)? > Most of his recent actions seem to be best explained as short-term fixes to a massive strategic blunder. Uh huh. And how does this help him, exactly? Putin must be the dumbest person to ever play eleventy-seven degree chess with such skill.