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Nato in talks to put nuclear weapons on standby (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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[–] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

NATO is the evil empire

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

always has been

[–] realharo@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It was Medvedev who started talking shit about nukes more than a year ago (and a lot since then)

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-medvedev-wed-have-use-nuclear-weapon-if-ukrainian-offensive-was-success-2023-07-30/

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-ally-medvedev-warns-nuclear-war-if-russia-defeated-ukraine-2023-01-19/

[–] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Originally it was NATO via its puppet Zelensky.

[–] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Medvedev is a nut. I think he's just spewing vitriol to appease the hawks in Russia. The same way Lindsey Graham does in the states.

[–] einkorn@discuss.tchncs.de -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, comrad! Freedom is slavery and war is peace!

[–] wheresmysurplusvalue@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Epic bacon quoting the Jorjor Wells book! You win the internet for today.

[+] einkorn@discuss.tchncs.de -10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sure do. Waiting for the next ban now, since I just notice that I again found my way on to the official tankie instance.

[–] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

You wouldn't get banned if you had opinions that weren't dogshit

[–] robinnn@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe don't mindlessly say it requires cognitive dissonance to consider NATO (an organization that bombed Libya and supported anti-black rebels leading to an open-air slave market in the country, and armed/collaborated with Nazis and ethno-nationalists to sabotage left-wing movements in West Germany, Greece, Turkey, Italy, etc. (Operation Gladio)) an evil empire (and for slavery/against peace to use your 1984 comparison).

[–] einkorn@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 2 months ago

Maybe don't mindlessly rattle off the same Whataboutism every time the current Russian war against Ukraine is being discussed.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The boomers are always on active alert, so would standby be a step down? I didn't get what this would do. Everything is already ready to launch quickly and has been for decades.

[–] bbigras@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

Yeah. It just sounds like silly war marketing.