This is why Russia wouldn’t respond by firing a nuke into Ukraine. What have we said about deterrence working both ways? What have we said about nuclear armed actors going kinetic without going nuclear? There’s a lot more historical precedent for my predictions than yours. I’ve already cited those examples, but go off on fear rants I guess. We can do that all day until every dictator in the world has nukes and then we’ll still be wetting ourselves when it’s their turn to slaughter people. But keep thinking we should be more afraid of them than them of us. The world is going to work out great with that precedent in motion.