Recently articles and news segments have reiterated the threat of nuclear attack. At the same time they have been *very* careful to repeatedly specify that there is "no intelligence or foreknowledge of any actual threats or potential attacks by the russians." I ask you here to read between the lines. Under normal circumstances, given the u.s. playbook of performing false flags, and blaming them on its opponents--we might assume this is the u.s. threatening the us of nukes in ukraine (to be blamed perhaps on russia). *However*, the u.s. playbook has *also* been to rumor-mong and spread the message to its adversaries, both domestically, and internationally, *not to fight back or do anything against it, ever* because, and I quote "thats what 'they' want you to do!". Ostensibly these messages come from 'ordinary' commentors, positing doommongering scenarios that every outrage or over reach committed by the u.s. is intended to *provoke* some group or other, and so the outraged groups or organizations that would *normally* respond are essentially being told to "play it safe." This is equivalent to a bank robber with no bullets, threatening the crowd, while being in league with the bank clerk. And the bank clerk is saying "don't fight back!" to the crowd "I seen him kill a man once!". I suspect this is that, though can't confirm it. It's a second level game of "don't fight back, thats what they want!" Nuclear weapons 1st use are the policy of serious nations. The u.s. is not a serious nation, and its shown that by setting up shop, in poland, instead of taking on russia directly. Its too busy making money in the short term, on weapons sales, while it loses control over nato and europe. Does that seem like the u.s. being a serious nation to you? It doesn't to me. 1st use would require an absolute understanding of the long-term power dynamics, and disadvantage the u.s. is currently incurring by profit-taking in the short term. And thats how you know the u.s. *isn't* serious. It's in the business of making money, as long as theres no nuclear war. At the same time we have events like this (thank you Oilguy) - https://www.poal.co/s/USNews/526838 And what that looks like to me is u.s. intelligence attempting to convince foreign adversaries, that this indirect game of "dont fight back" is a real playbook. Why? To support the bluff in ukraine, that the u.s. will nuke ukraine, and blame it on russia. A bluff on a bluff. And the u.s. always doubles down, and THAT **is** playbook. I would call the bluff by moving nuclear weapons into the donbass, if that wouldnt piss off russian allies. Russia should continue the anti-nazi rhetoric at maintenance level, but also start a new narrative: de-nuclearizing ukraine. Pivot into talks of u.s. failure to maintain nuclear treaties. It's time for russia to pivot to *educating the world* on why this war started, and whos actually responsible. This will bring Iran to the table, or give them an opening to talk about u.s. bad faith. Which can be used to pressure the Sauds into making a deal on Twitter. Which will open the public sphere in the west to broader discussion about badfaith u.s. policy and the chaos it has caused both domestically, and globally, over the last twenty years, including up to this war. If there were any time to pivot global, *and* domestic u.s. citizen opinion against the illegitimate u.s. government, the time is **now** BEFORE the occupation can start a war that gets everyone on board with the u.s. agenda.