Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Soviet Collapse 2.0 - Russians Turn on Putin, Russia's Collapse Begins after Ukraine Invades Kursk" video.

  1. It's actually becoming a running joke, Putin has been threatening the nuke card a lot over the last two years but it comes across as desperation to get the west to stop supporting Ukraine. In truth, Putin can't afford to use nukes, if there were any real signs of him going that route, many of his top brass in the government and much of the public would likely turn against Putin, probably to the degree of outright executing him. Putin might be mad enough to use nukes but I highly doubt many in the government and most of the Russian people are, in other words, it's an empty threat that he knows he can't use that I'm surprised Putin keeps banging on about it lol. The only way countries would realistically use nukes if the country is being invaded and things were getting desperate, but Russia isn't being invaded, apart from the Kursh region, but that isn't an invasion and more of a tactic from Ukraine and clearly not something that nukes would be used yet. In any case, Putin's main problem is self survival, he cares about his position of power and will do whatever it takes to protect that, even throw the Russian people under a bus, but Putin also realises that he needs to keep a segment of the Russian people onside for his own survival, hence why he's not as strong as he wants us to think he is in Russia and his options are quite limited in what he can do, hence why he's willing to use prisoners, mercenaries and others on the front line but he seems scared of conscripting more Russians in the military, Putin very likely knows that if he pushes his luck too far with the Russian people, the nose will likely tighten around his neck.
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  2. Probably true, but by that token, you can't appease a dictator, the only language dictators understand is force, the west tried the appeasement option over the last 10 years, Putin took advantage of that by taking Crimea and meddling in EU and US politics, and since the war in Ukraine, the west have got tougher on Putin but they need to get a lot tougher. Either way, the west would be stupid to allow Putin to take over Ukraine as that won't be the end of it and the west needs to send a powerful message to dictators like Putin by giving Ukraine the means to take all of Ukraine back, including Crimea, Putin needs to realise that there is a price to pay for your actions and basically, being in a worse position then he was before the war started will look bad for him among the Russian people and internationally.
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