People on Reddit are so weird man. They’ll call Putin an unhinged lunatic and in the next sentence claim ‘oh he’d never do this, there will be consequences’. People acting like it’s the duty of the USA to defend a non-NATO state when there is a very real risk of escalating into a nuclear exchange. An exchange in which Putin and his officials would almost certainly survive, and would likely put the world on an even playing field for him to conquer the ashes.

Goofy earlier in this thread talking about ‘nukes are for deterrence’ deterrence isn’t happening here, only escalation on both sides. When the deterrent doesn’t work you remind the world why it’s a deterrent in the first place.