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Re:Radiation spikes in Chernobyl by keewee7 on Friday February 25, 2022 @10:25AM (#30468230)
The posh ruling elite in Moscow and StP want to deceive the West into thinking Russia is a mad dog that is too dangerous to bother. They want to scare the West from imposing total economic sanctions. They want to scare the West from supplying the Ukrainian resistance.

Always remember Russia is a rational actor no matter how much Putin and Lavrov are fear mongering about sanctions leading to a nuclear WW3. The French foreign minister was the first to call out their bluff yesterday. I hope more Western leaders will follow.

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Re:Radiation spikes in Chernobyl by AnotherGoodName on Friday February 25, 2022 @01:16PM (#30470306)
I'd point out that being irrational in order to scare the west into thinking you're irrational is still an example of being irrational.

We can only call their bluff so many times before they feel the need to demonstrate that they are indeed willing to be crazy. Which they've done here with this whole Ukraine situation.

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Re:Radiation spikes in Chernobyl by Jeff_Brown on Friday February 25, 2022 @11:13AM (#30468807)
I wish I knew how to tell.

In game theory there are games that the crazy person wins. "Chicken" is the most famous. If both players are crazy, both lose. Unfortunately the discipline offers no way of diagnosing insanity. Committing to what looks like a crazy plan can be rational. Putin's speech on Monday certainly seemed unhinged, but he might be a good actor.

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