David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

@thetimes As you think it through, the best option seems to be what might be called Option Zero: keep threatening, but never actually do. The threat, as multiplied by Putin-friendly influencers, might deliver diplomatic results for Putin. Actual use seems deeply dangerous to himself. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 4, 2022

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@thetimes How does India feel about this Russian attempt to intimidate stronger adversaries by mass slaughter of civilians? If such a trick works for Russia, what lessons will Pakistan draw? What does China think? Putin will have proven himself a universal menace, with unknown consequences — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 4, 2022

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@thetimes And all this is assuming that 1) Russian nuclear bombs work as advertised? What if he detonates - and the damn thing malfunctions, like everything else in his dysfunctional military? And it assumes 2) that nobody in chain of command gets queasy and mutinies or assassinates him. — PolitiTweet.org

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