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To be scared of WW3

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Bluerose77 · 28/04/2022 19:25

I dont watch the news, mainly because I have a nervous disposition. But I was looking at some You tube stuff and I caught the latest headline from Putin threatening nuclear weapons on any country supporting Ukraine. I know Biden wants to send more weapons as we are already doing.

Will this be IT do you think. I'm so frightened now about where all this is leading. Please help me calm down.

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MrsTerryPratchett · 28/04/2022 21:01

I'm not religious but the serenity poem is all you need to know:

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Scoobydoooo99 · 28/04/2022 21:03

I tagged you, however I have no idea if it worked.
I too was in complete anxiety zombie mode this morning, feeling a little better, but I suffer with anxiety disorder so no idea how long it will last .

ElegantlyTouched · 28/04/2022 21:09

If he attacks us Trident will send their missiles in Russia's direction before we're hit. That's without other NATO countries stepping in. Is that really what he wants?

Putin can press a button but it won't do anything. Someone else has to react. Even if Putin is hellbent on world destruction I doubt anyone else is.

JustATomCat · 28/04/2022 21:38

I'm an extremely anxious person but this isn't something I'm anxious about. If it happens, there are only so many minutes until it hits us. We probably won't know its coming.

PeaceLurking9to5 · 28/04/2022 21:41

same, i'm anxious but for some reason I'm not anxious about this.

Sophie9090 · 28/04/2022 21:48

Rococococo · 28/04/2022 19:53

Putin has explicitly threatened to nuke the UK. Not the USA or the west in general. His reason for singling us out was the reckless comments some of our politicians have made about arming Ukraine - it’s been interpreted by Russia as us openly saying we’re involved in the war against them.

Since all of this started, some commentators have speculated that Putin might order a tactical nuclear strike. This would be one of the smaller nukes and would ‘only’ devastate a relatively small area as opposed to launching a full scale nuclear war. The purpose would be to shock the world and make it clear that Russia really is prepared to use nuclear weapons rather than just threaten.

im starting to wonder whether we in the UK are being lined up as this tactical nuclear target.

im now terrified!

Igotjelly · 28/04/2022 22:06

Sophie9090 · 28/04/2022 21:48

im now terrified!

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Don’t be, this is nonsense.

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