I remember reading Richard Feynman’s book about working on the project. The smartest minds of the time genuinely thought they were doing a good for their country, developing the atom bomb before the Germans. I remember Feynman describing how initially they were full of excitement, they threw a party on their car in the middle of the desert. As time grew on the scientists became more and more anxious, slowly realising what they had actually done. After the death of his wife and the development of the weapon Feynman lost his sense of purpose in life for a long time believing that nothing matters anymore, it will just end up destroyed anyway.
He eventually came around and savoured every moment in life.
Would in his hoop.
I'd be distinctly interested into the throughput in his businesses now that Russian sanctions have kicked in. I'd gather there's alot less revenue being 'booked' through them.
Poison is de rigueur over there - just sayin'
Trump was too volatile, too likely to Steam roll over Russia.
Biden was part of the White House that left him have Crimea.
It was reasonable to presume that the push back would be less. It is but it is still very significant and he must be stunned.
Good to see companies exiting Russia
That's going to upset posters on here
Just another UI
Babushka's Secrets
I think that there's a greater degree of desperation in the messaging from Russia in the last number of days - they have uncovered three 'threats' in the last 24 hours alone.
There's no chance of a repeat of the MH17 incident, so what remains?
It's looking that Way , closet neighbor who happened to be in Americas goods books ,they could leverage the idea of putting a few batteries of Interceptor back on the table that Obama didn't want to go through with ,
I watched this years ago and rewatched it tonight.
For all those who say its worth a gamble calling Putins bluff on using Nukes as its worth the chance they should give it a watch.
Pretty harrowing
So what's your view?
When we cite the 70pc evidence, you say only a fool could believe that.
Now the evidence bar (from the very source you cite) suggests more than 50pc of people support the war.
You're all over the place, aren't you? You haven't a clue what to believe.
The reality is clear and obvious: that most Russians either support or approve of the Ukraine invasion. Stop with the pretense.
That is just one opinion, I don't believe the 70 percent figure personally, let's see where it is in a few weeks.
Surely if he is escalating to de escalate he would take credit for the nuke if he's planning on using it?
Why would he say the Ukrainians nuked themselves, what the next logical step after that?
Well, history would tell a different story in relation to the willingness for Russia to send it's own people to a meat grinder. About 3% of the entire global population was killed in WW-II. One-third of those were Russian.
They eventually ground down the Germans by just sending more and more out to face them and broke their backs with pure numbers rather than anything else.
There are plenty of people close to Putin who, if he goes, their lives are over anyway.
If they had concern for their fellow Russians, they wouldn't have taken a decision to leave them in the situation they are now in. We are all going to be a lot worse off for at least the foreseeable future based on those tanks rolling across the border. Russians even more so.
If those top fellas are in their bunkers with their families, they might very well push that button and let their own die for their cause. Maybe not likely but definitely not impossible.
interesting discussion, starts around 10min in ...
The very link you cite as evidence says the following:
But even if that's true in government-backed polls, it's still likely a majority of Russians support the war. And Dmitry believes tough sanctions on Russia may only increase that support.
Putin is obviously no longer a rational actor, the Russian playbook is escalate to deescalate , hence his use of Thermobaric weapons when normal conventional weapons were not having the desired effect, now atrocity after atrocity in order to soften the world for whats coming, the ultimate sacrifice of Ukraine, millions will die and the west might step up then, unfortunately too late!
On this I agree with you. At this stage Putin seems hellbent on a personal mission and I don't think he gives a damn what the Russian population think anymore. That's what makes him potentially extremely unpredictable
Ah here if you believe that 70 percent figure I have some magic beans I could sell you. When the Russian soldier deaths pile up and the economic sanctions kick in let's see.
War crimes.
That hospital attack, despicable ...
With respect, I just have.
You are assuming that Putin is a rational actor. I do not.
Which isn't a reality anyway, as according to polls, upwards of 70pc of the Russian people have been effectively brainwashed into supporting this disgusting war against Ukraine.
Not before it becomes clear to the population that Russia is losing the war.
If Putin thinks he losing he may well decide to use a tactical nuclear strike and then blame Ukrainian insurgents under the thumb of NATO powers. And likley most people in Russia will believe it. The Chinese, Indians and others will sit on the fence enough to give his lies some validity.
As long as he casts doubt that it was not Russia but the Ukranians, he'll buy himself time. Same as if there are accidents or attacks caused deliberately by his claims of "insurgents" with radiation containment at either of the nuclear power plants currently held by Russian forces.
You only have to look at the absolutely crazy claims he has already made about Ukraine govermeny being Nazis or biological weapons to understand his means of achieving victory by any and all means.
Don't underestimate Putin or what he may do.
Tell me more about this quaint little tactical nuke and what impact it would have on the target.
Let's hope he ends up the same way as either of those two @rseholes.
Captured hiding down a hole with a mars bar (probably the last one in Russia if they pull out too) would be fun.
Is there anyone in the Kremlin who would do the world a favour and arrange an "accident" for Putin?
Putin is such a unique love child. We should have seen this coming.
Well it's the last place anyone would be looking for him :)
I can't see the US sending in an elite squad of killer drag queens.
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