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Nuclear War 101

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Is Putin Using Nuclear Weapons to Seize Territories?

If Putin didn't have nuclear weapons, we would have a slightly different debate in the United States about whether to get directly involved. So Putin does get the benefit of nuclear weapons in the sense that it makes clear to us that there are risks of escalation. But I think if he didn't havenuclear weapons, he'd have done it anyway. And I honestly think we would still be trying to contain this conflict because, you know, I mean, World War II and Europe didn't have any nuclear weapons. We really didn't want to have to do that either, right?

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