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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > The risk of nuclear war between the US and Russia
 
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Bip Roberts
Mar 29, 2005
 I think Trump also introduces a real danger from the use of imprecise language. Mixed messages sent to another country could lead to the perception that the US was okay with a conventional move (invasion etc) when they weren't. This leads to the possibility of conflict escalation in a number of ways. A good example of this was Saddam's interpretation that the US wouldn't intervene in his invasion of Kuwait. If Trump keeps on saying he's not going to assist NATO allies what happens after one gets attacked and he decides he will?

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Bip Roberts
Mar 29, 2005

GreyjoyBastard posted:

:raise:

It's possible my chemistry is a bit rusty.

I guess that would be ozone.

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