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thread by some armchair specialist who just knew that a nuclear attack wouldn't happen.
There was also a thread posted here written by somebody who had worked with Putin for a few years, its not an entirely armchair opinion.
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Putin wanted to have the world’s best army and how did that work out?
Perils of surrounding himself with yes-men.
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And while I am on a good rant on a Sunday morning; earlier in this thread someone linked to a Twitter thread by some armchair specialist who just knew that a nuclear attack wouldn't happen. There would be so many steps between Putin issuing a nuclear command to someone actually firing a missile that the plan would be thwarted. Cooler heads would prevail so to speak.
But Putin has been one of the world's most powerful men for two decades and counting. He has had plenty of time to remove whatever obstacles there might have been at some point. The nuclear chain of command at this point is whatever he wants it to be.