it is part of russia s military doctrine that the use of tactical weapons, being relatively small. still with enormous capability on a hiroshima scale to destroy cities and things. but tactical nuclear weapons are part of their military doctrine as first use in response to a conventional threat. it s different from the way the u.s. and other countries look at nuclear weapons. so when you add those injects, yes, the prevailing view may be, yes, this is a manufactured threat. but because it s nuclear and because putin s decision-making is believed to be questionable at this point and, three, because it s part of russian military doctrine, it is something that folks take seriously. to be clear, the same guy who ordered this massive invasion into ukraine, the same guy suffering setbacks that we are seeing in this invasion, that s the same guy who, no the to be