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TrogL

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13. Oh, OK. I assumed it would go West

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Sat Oct 22, 2022, 04:32 PM

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I think Putin is planning on nuking Kherson [View all] TrogL Oct 2022 OP

Wouldn't surprise me, for sure. They want to bluestarone Oct 2022 #1

Or he is going to blow the dam Bev54 Oct 2022 #2

Yes, this is a far more likely scenario. GoCubsGo Oct 2022 #8

That makes more sense, you don't poison the ground you will be taking over, it'll dry out Shanti Shanti Shanti Oct 2022 #57

He is quite capable of doing so. And the timing is right for him. Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #3

I think there's a good chance of something like that! Putin does not play RKP5637 Oct 2022 #4

Looking at the Ventusky weather map the prevailing winds would blow the Gaugamela Oct 2022 #5

Exactly...he's bluffing PortTack Oct 2022 #7

Putin doesn't bluff Ray Bruns Oct 2022 #15

YES, he does!! How many threats has he made and not followed through with what he claimed he would? The_REAL_Ecumenist Oct 2022 #46

Yes, he does. paleotn Oct 2022 #48

You forgot this: MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2022 #49

You're not serious right? He's been bluffing from the beginning of this war. It's all he's got PortTack Oct 2022 #68

As I recall, the majority thought sarisataka Oct 2022 #22

As *I* recall Putin said there would be no invasion Jack the Greater Oct 2022 #58

Some headlines from the time Jack the Greater Oct 2022 #60

How many times have you heard the media proclaim that Poopin was going to go nuclear? PortTack Oct 2022 #69

Oh, OK. I assumed it would go West TrogL Oct 2022 #13

If Putin actually does go nuclear, there's no plausible stopping place before all-out nuclear war. Girard442 Oct 2022 #6

The US would not respond in kind. There would No doubt be a huge response, but not a nuclear one PortTack Oct 2022 #11

game this out quakerboy Oct 2022 #30

Yeah, nobody believes anymore Russia could respond in kind conventionally. Girard442 Oct 2022 #35

I am gaming it out, and more importantly so is the pentagon. I didn't say the US or NATO would not r PortTack Oct 2022 #67

So.. follow it down the path quakerboy Oct 2022 #70

I don't expect a nuke but he may blow the dam and blame doc03 Oct 2022 #9

The prevailing winds are west to east sarisataka Oct 2022 #10

Neil deGrasse Tyson was on with Maher last week intrepidity Oct 2022 #14

It takes a fission bomb to detonate a fusion bomb TexLaProgressive Oct 2022 #17

I'd like to see more info than is available at that link about the *amount* of fallout Silent3 Oct 2022 #20

"...not all nukes have fallout" Disaffected Oct 2022 #25

Yeah and no kidding. jaxexpat Oct 2022 #31

And a bit too Disaffected Oct 2022 #63

A neutron bomb? harumph Oct 2022 #34

Neutron bombs do use a very small fission device. TexLaProgressive Oct 2022 #66

They all have fallout however.. EX500rider Oct 2022 #47

That was my first thought when I first heard about this intrepidity Oct 2022 #12

Goal is to destroy Ukraine leave nothing but mucifer Oct 2022 #16

Either that or blow the dam Calculating Oct 2022 #18

He'll destroy the very land he wants to steal C_U_L8R Oct 2022 #19

No, that is not going to happen! Nt USALiberal Oct 2022 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Baked Potato Oct 2022 #23

He's not evacuating his people. EndlessWire Oct 2022 #24

Ukraine apparently expects the dam to go. wnylib Oct 2022 #45

Let one smidgen of that bomb waft over a NATO border and watch Moscow disappear. ancianita Oct 2022 #26

Putin may not be thinking right. All the grain they want from there will be already FailureToCommunicate Oct 2022 #27

He doesn't have much left to lose IronLionZion Oct 2022 #28

He's now losing on all fronts. He likely doesn't even care anymore, he just wants to go out RKP5637 Oct 2022 #40

Hitler 2.0 Calculating Oct 2022 #51

Yeah, he really is. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2022 #64

Jeeebus lovin Tuckums Traildogbob Oct 2022 #29

I weep for humanity. This is not some fucking game. And Ukraine DID NOTHING. Perhaps Putin is Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #32

Good thing the World banned the Neutron bomb decades ago. nt yaesu Oct 2022 #33

Or course their is the possibility of the aircraft/rocket delivering said nuke fails. Crowman2009 Oct 2022 #36

Timing NQAS Oct 2022 #37

I don't. texasfiddler Oct 2022 #38

He does that he will be dead in 5 minutes, the Russian black sea fleat will all be sunk, any ... Botany Oct 2022 #39

He does that he will be dead in 5 minutes... Mariana Oct 2022 #65

One thing the NATO countries could do is go full-MAD right out of the gate. Girard442 Oct 2022 #41

Least bad? sarisataka Oct 2022 #44

MAD is how we got through the Cold War. Girard442 Oct 2022 #50

No no no Calculating Oct 2022 #53

So Putin uses one tac nuke and we hammer him with conventional forces. Girard442 Oct 2022 #54

Not if we don't threaten Russia itself Calculating Oct 2022 #55

Not the kind of message he wants to send Warpy Oct 2022 #42

Pointless if he's going to flood it. nt Xipe Totec Oct 2022 #43

Ukraine can't control what Putin does. Whatever he does Tomconroy Oct 2022 #52

What needs to be done, (not sure who could do it) bluestarone Oct 2022 #56

Just send one of our b21 stealth bombers Calculating Oct 2022 #62

Maybe he's waiting on U.S. midterms moondust Oct 2022 #59

Probably not. paleotn Oct 2022 #61

This situation has really opened my eyes ecstatic Oct 2022 #71