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Nuclear war probabilities are useless - counter to the nuclear gambler’s ruin

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Re: Nuclear war probabilities are useless - counter to the nuclear gambler’s ruin

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Post by guelo »

all2 wrote: post #3
zabzonk wrote: post #2

> Putin does not roll a dice every morning and launches a nuclear missile if a six shows up. You wish! The problem here is that Putin is not rational.

This makes me chuckle. The Bad Orange Man played the "insane king" role really, really well. Everyone was on their best behaviour until he left office. Peace talks in the Middle East progressed. Russia stayed in their borders. North Korea huffed and puffed and ultimately did nothing. Trade with China became more favorable to the US. It's almost like his foreign policy was effective. To your point: Putin isn't nuts. H…

Trump wanted to destroy NATO and European unity, he was doing Putin's job for him.

Re: Nuclear war probabilities are useless - counter to the nuclear gambler’s ruin

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Post by xwdv »

all2 wrote: post #3
zabzonk wrote: post #2

> Putin does not roll a dice every morning and launches a nuclear missile if a six shows up. You wish! The problem here is that Putin is not rational.

This makes me chuckle. The Bad Orange Man played the "insane king" role really, really well. Everyone was on their best behaviour until he left office. Peace talks in the Middle East progressed. Russia stayed in their borders. North Korea huffed and puffed and ultimately did nothing. Trade with China became more favorable to the US. It's almost like his foreign policy was effective. To your point: Putin isn't nuts. H…

You will get a lot farther if you are an insane man with a gun, than if you’re just a regular man with a gun.

Re: Nuclear war probabilities are useless - counter to the nuclear gambler’s ruin

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Post by zabzonk »

raducu wrote: post #9
SvenSchnieders wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He might not be rational, but surely nobody can argue that he is insane to that level – at least, I haven’t seen anything that suggests that.

He's just a little bitch screaming to everyone's face "I'm gonna use nukes!" hoping we give him what he wants. What does he have to lose by alluding to using nukes right now? Nukes are the only thing stopping the West from rolling into Moscow, the magic wears off if the clock strikes 12. Nukes only work for the 15 minutes before they are used, Putin and Lavrov keep crying "Nuklear wolf!".

> Nukes are the only thing stopping the West from rolling into Moscow

Yeah, tell Napoleon and Hitler how easy that is.

Re: Nuclear war probabilities are useless - counter to the nuclear gambler’s ruin

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Post by hunterb123 »

guelo wrote: post #11
all2 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This makes me chuckle. The Bad Orange Man played the "insane king" role really, really well. Everyone was on their best behaviour until he left office. Peace talks in the Middle East progressed. Russia stayed in their borders. North Korea huffed and puffed and ultimately did nothing. Trade with China became more favorable to the US. It's almost like his foreign policy was effective. To your point: Putin isn't nuts. H…

Trump wanted to destroy NATO and European unity, he was doing Putin's job for him.

Destroy it by pressuring its members to pay 2% GDP? Or what are you referencing?

And how does sending Javelins to Ukraine or blocking Nordstream 2 help Putin?

Re: Nuclear war probabilities are useless - counter to the nuclear gambler’s ruin

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Post by ghufran_syed »

raducu wrote: post #5
zabzonk wrote: post #2

> Putin does not roll a dice every morning and launches a nuclear missile if a six shows up. You wish! The problem here is that Putin is not rational.

So? Whoever is insaner wins? Nah, remind Putin that we all saw how much the russian army sucks and in case of nuclear war the US still wins after they get out of their bunkers.

with the greatest respect, this is the greatest evidence of insanity I’ve seen in this thread…

Re: Nuclear war probabilities are useless - counter to the nuclear gambler’s ruin

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Post by mc32 »

guelo wrote: post #11
all2 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This makes me chuckle. The Bad Orange Man played the "insane king" role really, really well. Everyone was on their best behaviour until he left office. Peace talks in the Middle East progressed. Russia stayed in their borders. North Korea huffed and puffed and ultimately did nothing. Trade with China became more favorable to the US. It's almost like his foreign policy was effective. To your point: Putin isn't nuts. H…

Trump wanted to destroy NATO and European unity, he was doing Putin's job for him.

He wanted them to pay their fair share. They wanted the US to foot their security bill which he balked at.

Now we see Germany at least say they will up their contribution and rebuild their military in order to be better prepared.

That’s pretty much in line with what he asked from them.

Re: Nuclear war probabilities are useless - counter to the nuclear gambler’s ruin

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Post by chrisweekly »

hunterb123 wrote: post #14
guelo wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Trump wanted to destroy NATO and European unity, he was doing Putin's job for him.

Destroy it by pressuring its members to pay 2% GDP? Or what are you referencing? And how does sending Javelins to Ukraine or blocking Nordstream 2 help Putin?

Trump tried to prevent military aid to Ukraine; dunno how you give him credit for "sending Javelins..."

Re: Nuclear war probabilities are useless - counter to the nuclear gambler’s ruin

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Post by altdataseller »

raducu wrote: post #5
zabzonk wrote: post #2

> Putin does not roll a dice every morning and launches a nuclear missile if a six shows up. You wish! The problem here is that Putin is not rational.

So? Whoever is insaner wins? Nah, remind Putin that we all saw how much the russian army sucks and in case of nuclear war the US still wins after they get out of their bunkers.

Nobody wins in a nuclear war.

Re: Nuclear war probabilities are useless - counter to the nuclear gambler’s ruin

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Post by dang »

zabzonk wrote: post #2

> Putin does not roll a dice every morning and launches a nuclear missile if a six shows up. You wish! The problem here is that Putin is not rational.

Please don't post unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments to HN. The issue is not that you're wrong about you-know-who, the issue is that it has seriously degrading effects on internet threads, and we're trying to avoid that here. To the extent possible.

If an article is substantive, it deserves better than this—much better, actually. And if it isn't substantive, it shouldn't be on HN's front page.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Nuclear war probabilities are useless - counter to the nuclear gambler’s ruin

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Post by raducu »

zabzonk wrote: post #13
raducu wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's just a little bitch screaming to everyone's face "I'm gonna use nukes!" hoping we give him what he wants. What does he have to lose by alluding to using nukes right now? Nukes are the only thing stopping the West from rolling into Moscow, the magic wears off if the clock strikes 12. Nukes only work for the 15 minutes before they are used, Putin and Lavrov keep crying "Nuklear wolf!".

> Nukes are the only thing stopping the West from rolling into Moscow Yeah, tell Napoleon and Hitler how easy that is.

Napoleon and Hitler were not defeated by Russia. Napoleon/Hitler could have raised 3 more armies if they were fighting just Russia.

On the contrary, Putin is the new insane and isolated Hitler.

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