> It seems pretty undeniable that both Russia and NATO would be more willing to countenance a direct confrontation. Without nuclear weapons, Russia would likel

> It seems pretty undeniable that both Russia and NATO would be more willing to countenance a direct confrontation. Without nuclear weapons, Russia would likely not have invaded in the first place, because a NATO intervention would have been likely and would have ended in the annihilation of the Russian military in just a few weeks.