Phase of this war on ukraine. Just today, President Putin has made overt Nuclear Threats against europe. I talk with the president of finland, who knows putin well. I also sat down with the president of south korea to ask about the threat from his neighbor to the north, who just declared itself a nuclear state. Also, hijabs burned, protests rage and chants of death to the dictator ring out in iran after a woman dies in Police Custody there. What will come of the demonstrations . I will ask an expert. But first, heres my take. Lets not play down what has happened this week. The leader of the Worlds Largest Nuclear Power publicly threatened to use Nuclear Weapons. In an address in moscow on wednesday, vladamir putin declared that russia would use all Weapons Systems available to us to defend the country. He emphasized it. This is not a bluff. It might be. Putins threat is an addon of traditional soviet doctrine. Now they contemplate scenarios which it could use Nuclear Weapons. But putin
i also sat down with the president of south korea to ask about the threat from his neighbor to the north, who just declared itself a nuclear state. also, hijabs burned, protests rage and chants of death to the dictator ring out in iran after a woman dies in police custody there. what will come of the demonstrations? i will ask an expert. but first, here s my take. let s not play down what has happened this week. the leader of the world s largest nuclear power publicly threatened to use nuclear weapons. in an address in moscow on wednesday, vladamir putin declared that russia would use all weapons systems available to us to defend the country. he emphasized it. this is not a bluff. it might be. putin s threat with add-ones of traditional soviet doctrine. now they contemplate scenarios which it could use nuclear weapons. but he knows the west has nuclear weapons of its own and that the doctrine of mutually assured destruction has prevented any power from deploying them sinc
phase of this war on ukraine. just today, president putin has made overt nuclear threats against europe. i talk with the president of finland, who knows putin well. i also sat down with the president of south korea to ask about the threat from his neighbor to the north, who just declared itself a nuclear state. also, hijabs burned, protests rage and chants of death to the dictator ring out in iran after a woman dies in police custody there. what will come of the demonstrations? i will ask an expert. but first, here s my take. let s not play down what has happened this week. the leader of the world s largest nuclear power publicly threatened to use nuclear weapons. in an address in moscow on wednesday, vladamir putin declared that russia would use all weapons systems available to us to defend the country. he emphasized it. this is not a bluff. it might be. putin s threat is an add-on of traditional soviet doctrine. now they contemplate scenarios which it could use
moscow, urging people to relax and enjoy life. a few days later, realizing that the relax strategy was not working, he scheduled a national television address during primetime. and then simply didn t show up. he did give the address the next morning, using the occasion to issue his nuclear threat. to understand how badly the ukrainian war has gone from putin s point of view, consider his decision to announce a partial mobilization. russia did not mobilize its population for the nine-year war in afghanistan. moscow has mobilized its citizenry for war twice since 1914. first on the eve of world war i. and then to defend against the invasion of the country by adolf hitler and germany in 1941. for putin in particular, this is a bitter pill. his basic social contract with the russian people has been, stay out of politics, and i will
that the war is going very badly for him. this month, ukrainian forces routed the russian army in a stunning series of victories. putin s first response was to open a new ferris wheel in moscow, urging people to relax and enjoy life. a few days later, realizing that the relax strategy was not working, he scheduled a national television address during primetime, and then simply didn t show up. he did give the address the next morning, using the occasion to issue his nuclear threat. to understand how badly the ukrainian war has gone from putin s point of view, consider his decision to announce a partial mobilization. russia did not mobilize its population for the nine-year war in afghanistan. moscow has mobilized its citizenry for war twice since 1914. first on the eve of world war i. and then to defend against the invasion of the country by adolf hitler and germany in 1941.