Originally Posted by
fitliker
Maybe the Turks and Poles could attempt a pig roast of the Russians , with some help from Latvia and Estonia they might just win a few battles before the tactical nukes are used and the big city killer nukes start heading to the weapons factories around the globe .
While I am now more pleased than ever that the US finally got out of the ABM treaty (it only made sense during cold war MAD, which is thirty years in our past) I am pretty sure that the Poles and Turks have little desire to bring the war home to their civilian populations, which is what this "pig roast" that you suggest would likely induce.
And I think it a pretty safe call that nobody (and probably not anyone in the Russian brain trust) want to see nuclear missiles slung about at capitals all over the world.
Though the Chinese might be pleased to watch and eat popcorn, such an exchange would harm the global economy such that China would not be a fan as it would hit them hard in the wallet.