We've seen what a nuclear failed state looks like, multiple times, in Russia, already.

Yes. Hopefully their nuclear warheads will be in a similar shape as Chinese tires on military vehicles.

I remember how Russia looked like 2 decades ago when it was piss poor. It was relatively peaceful and handful of its neighbors made it into NATO without any issues.

Wonder how that NATO expansion would have looked like if Russia was in a good shape? My bet is similar to what we see in Ukraine.

My rationale is very simple. If Putin is not stopped in Ukraine, next is my country and my city. I wish it was stopped in Georgia in 2008. But maybe it’s about time to end appeasement policy that clearly doesn’t work.

My own country still exists because in the past 500 years it never surrendered when a big army showed up making outrageous demands. I see no reason to change that now.

Nuclear weapons are not a problem if we all hold to the MAD doctrine.