Christ, some of y’all are dense. People don’t take Russia seriously because they’re not serious. They’re fucking clowns. Remember when they swore up and down that they weren’t getting ready to invade Ukraine when they were lining up at the border? And then when they did invade it was to clear out Nazis or Ukrainian covid labs or some such nonsense. And then they continuously got their asses handed to them so badly that they had to resort to launching missiles at crowds of innocent people trying to evacuate their homes. Russia’s “Red Lines” were bullshit because they never had a leg to stand on - and after the absolute shit show of the past couple of years, you’re saying now we should take anything they say seriously.

Nukes are the last tool of diplomatic intimidation Russia has left - and if the past is any indication, their nukes are going to be like the 30 year old bottle rockets I found in the back of the garage as a kid. They’ll be lucky if they don’t blow their own country up trying to use the things.

Fuck Russia and fuck you for acting like they have any moral ground to stand on.