• nutsack@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    russia has a massive population and a wartime economy. in some ways it’s bigger than all the european nato countries combined. the idea that they would just fall over is absolutely western propaganda.

    putin can suck my balls but he’s not an idiot.

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      9 months ago

      Russia can’t even take on a former client state, their military is a joke compared to any single NATO member. They’re not a near peer for the US, maybe a near peer for some of the lesser NATO members. Russia would lose any conventional war against NATO without question. They barely have the personnel to fight Ukraine, they’re not going to be able to go after NATO. Hell, how much of their black sea fleet is left above water? And that’s against a country that doesn’t even have a goddamn Navy.

      The only way they would bring out nukes is if we invaded Russia proper. Which I don’t think anyone is stupid enough to do.