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0 pointssno0ks2y ago0 comments

Russia isn't "literally threatening a large portion of the world with nuclear annihilation". Any 'threat' they have issued has been in response to 'threats' issued by 'our' side... including at the time UK PM Liz Truss being willing to push the nuclear button against Russia. If that's not a threat then neither is Russia saying that they'll be willing to use nukes too.

Our politicians together with our sycophantic media and their weapons salesmen talking heads really do spread the most egregious disinformation throughout every wartime situation we are involved in, by proxy or otherwise.

Glass houses... stones...

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usrbinbash2y ago

> Any 'threat' they have issued has been in response to 'threats' issued by 'our' side

Then please, link me the relevant statements. Liz Truss's (who btw. isn't Britains PM any more) remarks were made in late August 2022 [1]. The russian nuclear sabre-rattling started in February 2022 [2].

So who exactly has threatened russia with nuclear weapons to elicit these responses? Helping a souvereign nation defend itself against an invasion and protecting their land and people, is not a threat. Offering a souvereign nation to join a military pact is also not a threat.

[1]: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/08/26/jfvn-a26.html

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_threats_during_the_Rus...