John Bolton has been all over the media making a number of crazy statements. The latest crazy statement he made was him saying that the United States would kill Vladimir Putin if he used a nuclear weapon in the Ukraine.
🚨 US could assassinate Putin if Russia uses nuclear weapon in Ukraine, claims John Boltonhttps://t.co/aK02LGO3Pd
— The Independent (@Independent) October 11, 2022
I’m not even sure why Putin would use nukes in the Ukraine. He doesn’t need to as evidenced by the damage their recent conventional strikes did to their infrastructure earlier this week.
The nuclear deterrent is primarily for defense against US/NATO forces. Everybody knows this.
Assassinating Putin would be a whole other thing. Even if you assume the US could feasibly do this, it would be a strategic mistake. Putin is actually a moderate figure. If he is removed, there’s a very good chance that Russia would be taken over by hardliners seeking revenge for his assassination. But quite frankly, the chances of the US even being able to assassinate Putin while not impossible, is quite low.
All this stuff Bolton is saying is just goofy and stupid nonsense.
