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Nobody wants a war between NATO and Russia because in that scenario, everybody loses.
Russia wouldn't win a ground conflict, but they'd sure-as-hell nuke the fuck out of every major city.
That would be the end of Russia and they know it.
It would also be the end of NATO and probably the rest of the world. That's why it's called mutually assured destruction. But it seems like recently policy makers are forgetting that
That's exactly the point. Why would Russia send nukes if it knows it'll be destroyed in retribution?
Because assholes gonna asshole
"Russia" as a whole wouldn't want that. But there's only one guy in charge of everything.
They know they can get a few off if they sacrafice a few Russian cities. Which Putin does not care about. He'll watch them be vaporized if he thinks he can land a death blow on any major western powers.
Why not just launch them now then?
Why would he?
The poster said he would sacrifice a few cities to take down a western power. He could do that now.
Why would he do that now?
The criteria given by the other poster for Putin to use nukes is currently met. So using their logic, he should launch them now. I'm asking why he doesn't.
Necessary criteria isn't the same as motivating criteria.
No the criterion is a war between NATO and Russia. That criterion is not met.
Yep depends on how much fear and hatred Putin has for the west and how much he actually cares about his own people.