re: #148 JC1

Why do you assume that any confrontation between the US and Russia would automatically turn nuclear? I don’t think that that’s the modal outcome, especially if it’s not on Russian territory.

Because there’s no realistic scenario where it doesn’t. If you assume that Putin is willing to push things however far it goes to get the West to back down, then nuclear war is no longer a repugnant thought, it’s a necessary measure to ensure “victory.”