People seem to have forgotten how threats work. The technology behind this complicated human rhetorical device is dependent on the target of the threat believing that the threatener will or can make good on his threat. If no one believes the threat, the threat doesn’t work. Thus, if you’re in the business of making threats, you have to do all that you can to make them believable.
In stark contrast to this, the Kremlin has embarked on a radically new kind of strategy.
Putin gets up on stage and threatens NATO with nukes if they don’t stop bombing Russia via Kiev and the UAF. His officials then go out and publicly declare that actually, there’s nothing but bluster behind these threats. Lavrov gave an interview to Sky News Arabia in which he said that it’s all fake and that the Kremlin wants to be friend with the West.
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Lavrov also clarified that the Kremlin continues to send gas to NATO because of their high moral values. No, seriously:
“Question (retranslated from Arabic): Of course, you can’t divide politics, the economy and relations with Europe. Why hasn’t Russia cut off gas exports to Europe despite its negative attitude to Russia? Why do you continue to send gas to the EU?
Sergey Lavrov: We are decent people. We signed long-term contracts with Europe. We always honour our obligations, unlike Europe or the United States.”
decent $$$ people $$$ uh huh ....more after the jump!
ItsOk2bArian 0 points 7 months ago
It's called a nuclear deterrent for a reason.
This is a stupid game of chicken to see who flinches first. Once the ICBMs start flying it won't really matter who shot first