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> I don't mean to rain on your parade, but humor me for a second.

Feel free, this is no parade for me. And if anyone is taking me seriously*, they need serious alternatives to my beliefs.

* which would be their first mistake, as I'm a software engineer not a geopolitical military analyst

> I mean we get rid of Putin, and the next guy is worse

What would "worse" look like?

Putin is already at war, has a massive propaganda network and fake elections, yet still feels unable to have another round of mobilisation due to the internal political fallout.

Putin is already threatening nuclear weapons, has already updated doctrine — "The doctrine now says an attack from a non-nuclear state, if backed by a nuclear power, will be treated as a joint assault on Russia." - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4v0rey0jzo

The only way to be worse, is to actually use them.



The only way to be worse, is to actually use them.

Then you're starting to see my point.


Would you rather surrender salami style, or the whole bratwurst?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg-UqIIvang

Putin is already a threat, without actually using the weapons.




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