I'm an octogenarian having spent my life under the threat of communist expansion. Malaysia, Korea, Viet Nam were all anti-communist wars. I hate Russia. [I thought about "hate" but decided to use it]
I was never unduly worried about the nuclear threat believing that MAD was a guarantee. Tad naive maybe with Poots in command. Today Ukraine, with some genuine help out of Europe and begrudging US help [you can have some of our obsolete weapons, but not too many] has Russia on the ropes. The problem is that Ukraine is just about finished themselves.
I just looked at a list of US strategic bombers since WWII, eight have entered service and another eight died in development, all big and expensive projects.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THE STAGGERING COST OF THAT EFFORT?
So now without any brand new high tech the US can put Russia in a box and nail down the lid. Give Ukraine what it needs and there will be a massive peace dividend, or at least it will allow the US to concentrate solely on China. Keep sending Poots pictures of where he is at the time and his ardor for nuclear will cool.
