The idea of contemplating sacrificing most of mainland Europe, or even the Northern Hemipsphere, in a vicious nuclear exchange; and all, apparently over Ukraine... is insane. Tisdall is a wreck intellectually.

Russia has created a large army, specifically to take on NATO and win a conflict, if NATO was ever so foolish to directly enter the war in Ukraine. That's why Russia has such a huge reserve waiting.

That Russia is de facto already fighting NATO in Ukraine and winning, seems to have escaped Tisdall completely.

His remark about Pution and nuclear war is incredibly stupid. No one 'wins' a nuclear war. The dead are the 'fortunate' ones. The concept of Mutually Assured Destruction, seems to have passed Tisdall by. That the Liberal Fascist Guardian prints this kind of warmongring dangerous nonsense, is a disgrace.