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Biden has promised a strong reaction of some sort if Russia employs chemical weapons.  That worries me.

Of course such "red lines" in the past have been ignored.

Who in the media is calling for us to "do more"?  Is it "all the media", or perhaps just a few voices here and there?

Biden has promised a strong reaction of some sort if Russia employs chemical weapons.  That worries me.

Of course such "red lines" in the past have been ignored.

it's unclear why Russia would even employ chemical weapons. Seems very strange to me US keeps bringing it up.

And yes, all we have to do is recall Syria. Obama made a "red line" about chemical weapons that were not followed through on. 

And by the way, several whistleblowers from the OPCW and leaked emails from WikiLeaks and a bunch of great reporting by independent investigative journalists on the ground in Syria- seriously call into question the official narrative of Assad using chemical weapons. There is no conclusive evidence that Assad in fact did use chemical weapons, and there was even evidence suggesting that "rebels" (in reality, f**king terrorists) in Syria are the ones who may have staged a chemical attack to blame it on Assad to get US to invade and overthrow him. Which logically, just makes a ton of sense. If you're Assad and you're already winning- but then the US issues a "red line" and says the only way they're going to invade and overthrow you is if you use chemical weapons - well then you have zero incentive to actually use chemical weapons. If you're a Syrian "rebel" (TERRORIST) then well, staging a chemical attack to drag the Americans in to overthrow Assad is something you'd absolutely want to do.

Hello? Moscow? US says Russian defence officials picked up test call of ‘hotline’ | The Independent

This is from 3 March and may have changed.

the videos I just posted you are from yesterday, and while I try to give news outlets the benefit of the doubt and not bash them- The Independent is flat out garbage. Wouldn't expect anything less from basically a tabloid rag that's owned and funded by the Saudis though.

So, you're saying "all the media" are calling for the US to "do more" and start a nuclear war?  I had not seen that, aside from perhaps a few fringe actors.

If anything, most of what I read is asking for a cautious balancing act with an understanding of the risks.  Maybe I should read OAN or something obscure.

yeah. no. have you not watched any White House press conference with Jen Psaki? CNN, MSNBC, NY Times, Fox News, and every other damn member of the media in those press conferences pressing Psaki on why aren't you doing more and imposing a no fly zone.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjnzKrvPkiw

yeah. no. have you not watched any White House press conference with Jen Psaki? CNN, MSNBC, NY Times, Fox News, and every other damn member of the media in those press conferences pressing Psaki on why aren't you doing more and imposing a no fly zone.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjnzKrvPkiw

This is just the usual political bantering meaning nothing at all.  Nobody in the actual media is calling for nuclear war, or anything making that more likely, unless you watch OAN perhaps (One America News, a kind of MSNBC on the right, sort of).

These are legit questions to be asked, and answered, they aren't someone pushing for nuclear war.

Incidentally, Russia has only one Typhoon class ballistic missile submarine left, and its status is uncertain, it may not be operational.  I'd guess most of the land based arsenal is in OK shape, but do you think the odds are high they would engage in a nuclear first strike against the US?