David Frum

David Frum @davidfrum

Putin's western friends are acting for the same ghastly mix of reasons as ever. For them, nothing has changed this fall. For them, "nuclear" is only the latest argument to frighten non-stooge voters into doing what the stooges wanted to do all along, for their own stooge reasons. — PolitiTweet.org

David Frum @davidfrum

Meanwhile, what is actually deterring Putin from using nuclear weapons is the same thing that deterred the USSR before him: Western capabilities and his own survival instinct. Without nukes, he still has a path to emerge from this war alive, even keep power. If he uses them? No. — PolitiTweet.org