Russia is firebombing Ukraine.

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26. This is a modern day version of Hitler's "Revenge Rockets"

In rage and frustration at not being able to bring Britain to its knees, Hitler started sending terror missiles to bomb the civilian population of Britain during World War II. These missiles were Vergeltung-1 and Vergeltung-2, V-1 and V-2 for short. Vergeltung means "revenge" in German.

I wonder if Putin is secretly calling his rockets M-1 and M-2 (M for "месть," or "myest' " meaning revenge). Or, maybe P-1 and P-2 for "Ракета мести," "rakyeta myesti" or "Rocket of revenge?"

I'd remind Putin of Miguel de Unamuno's speech to the Spanish Fascists in 1936, except I don't think Putin will even be told "vencerán" in this case. Unamuno told the fascists: "Ustedes vencerán, pourque poseen la fuerza bruta, pero no convencerán." "You will conquer, because you posses brute force, but you will not persuade." In the case of the Spanish fascists, Unamuno was right: they did conquer (and they did not persuade). In Putin's case, the west has NOT stood idly by (as they did with the Spanish Republic), and Putin has not conquered, despite his brute force. The fact that he is even talking about the use of nukes is proof enough that he has not persuaded, and nor will he.

Someone who is convinced of the righteousness of his cause does not need to threaten to use nuclear weapons to get people to agree with his point of view.