That scares me worse than anything. Putin has either been very shrewd or extraordinarily reckless and lucky. I hope it is the former. I am confident that NATO will fight if the Russians attack the Baltic States. I assume such a Russian decision would only follow a period of ramped up tensions along those borders. NATO should, in my opinion place a brigade combat team on the ground in each of those three countries. That would mean any attack instantly involved NATO (and obviously American troops). Russia could devastate the infrastructure of those three countries with missile strikes. However, as I noted in a previous post, the Russians would not be fighting 3rd and 4th generation export fighters, but first line US 4th gen plus and true 5th gen aircraft. In the American case, they are flown by the most experienced pilots in the world. They would achieve air dominance within 48 - 72 hours. That would lay open Russian ground forces to sustained strike by NATO attack helicopters and ground attack fixed wing assets. I probably should also add that American attack helicopter pilots are also the most experienced in the world.
Oh, I get your joke. The topic is popular, there is even a meme: "let's hit by nuclear winter - on global warming."I got the comrade democrats with Ivan & Uncle Sam (I had to translate “freedom” and the bottom text)
I was trying to make a joke about saving the world from global warming, by commenting comrade environmentalists (which translated to ecologists)
That assumes the button pusher cares about the outcome.
I saw that statement from Putin on Fox TV a few days ago.
Peaceful bonfire for a hotdog and smore good times. Maybe a round of Kumbaya.
And any of them can develop strange sicknesses and sudden accidents.
