Give them a nuke back. Them relinquishing theirs assuming good faith by the Russians is half the reason this mess started. If they get one back it makes a push for total control of Ukraine an existential risk for Russia.
Edit: Before someone points it out, yes I’m being wildly naive, let me dream about a good outcome a little.
I was a grunt not a rocket scientist so serious question: do we have missiles they can load in the old Soviet silos or would it have to be a SCUD situation?
Either way, giving Kyiv a giant middle finger to wave at Moscow on the way out would be an epic mic drop moment for Biden.
Give them a nuke back. Them relinquishing theirs assuming good faith by the Russians is half the reason this mess started. If they get one back it makes a push for total control of Ukraine an existential risk for Russia.
Edit: Before someone points it out, yes I’m being wildly naive, let me dream about a good outcome a little.
I was a grunt not a rocket scientist so serious question: do we have missiles they can load in the old Soviet silos or would it have to be a SCUD situation?
Either way, giving Kyiv a giant middle finger to wave at Moscow on the way out would be an epic mic drop moment for Biden.
Granted.
They don’t have to actually get the nuke back.
Everyone just has to think they did. The idea is just as much a weapon as the bomb itself.
The old squirt-gun pistol routine, lol.