sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) dismissed concerns over the conflict in Ukraine that escalated into a full-scale war between Russia and NATO during a crackdown on Fox News Sunday†
“How do you stop? [Russian President] Vladimir Putin without starting World War III,” host Bret Baier asked Risch, the top member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
“There is no doubt that you should always keep in mind that you do not want to escalate into a direct confrontation with Russia. [but] I wouldn’t call it World War III,” Risch said.
“I think it would end pretty soon because with the conventional powers he’s had there, we haven’t seen this kind of ineptitude in a long, long time,” he continued.
Despite major advantages in manpower and weapons, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has not progressed as quickly or smoothly as many experts had predicted.
Sébastien Roblin wrote on The week that Russia’s performance in the war so far has “seriously affected Russia’s military position in Europe – and especially its ability to deal with threats of violence below the nuclear threshold.”
Putin does not shy away from making such threats. In his speech announcing the invasion of Ukraine, Putin threatened any country that tried to intervene with “consequences…like you’ve never seen in your entire history,” which most observers interpreted as referring to Russia’s nuclear warhead arsenal. with 6,000 nuclear warheads.
But not everyone takes Putin’s nuclear threats seriously.
“Putin knows no one wins a nuclear exchange. If he ordered an attack on the United States, a general would shoot him in the head,” Senator Lindsay Graham said during an appearance on Fox News. Sunday morning futures† Graham has previously summoned a Russian assassin to kill Putin.
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