TNW.

This is coolbert:

"Putin only has one option available to both (a) look strong and unchallengeable on the Russian political scene and (b) Win the war in 2023.  This option is to use Tactical Nuclear Weapons (TNW).  Russian TNW employment in the Ukraine would shatter the taboo over the use of nuclear weapons that has existed since 1945.  We need to be thinking about what the policy implications of a post Ukraine nuclear war are and how the world will change forever."

"The Ukrainian Nuclear war of 2023 and its Aftermath"

From https://smallwarsjournal.com | article by Martin N. Stanton 06/30/2023.

"The Ukraine, July 2023:  Russia’s only option for quick victory – Break a Taboo / Change the World."

DEVOTED READERS TO THE BLOG NEED TO READ WITH INTENSE INTEREST THE ENTIRE SWJ ARTICLE.

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Concluding from Martin N. Stanton and in summary:

"The long period between August of 1945 and the present has contributed to the mistaken belief that nuclear weapons are somehow unique in the history of mankind and we really could refrain from their use.  This was never true.  Barring some miraculous 'Deus Machina' we’re about to enter a new era in human history.  We need to be thinking about what comes after the 2023 Ukrainian nuclear war."

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Deus ex machina: a literary device in which a character, usually a god or goddess, appears suddenly and unexpectedly to resolve a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story."

Good luck with that one comrades!

coolbert.