schizoidman@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoChina may have stopped Putin from using nuclear weapons, Blinken sayskyivindependent.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down116cross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down1·5 days agoThat “may” is sure doing a lot of heavy lifting… Blinken said the U.S. had been “very concerned” because Putin appeared to be considering nuclear weapons. “Even if the probability went from 5 to 15%, when it comes to nuclear weapons, nothing is more serious,” he said.
minus-squareAurenkin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agoI would have thought a probability of nothing would be considerably less serious.
That “may” is sure doing a lot of heavy lifting…
I would have thought a probability of nothing would be considerably less serious.