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Russia is weighing changes to its military doctrine that would allow for a “preventive” nuclear strike against its enemies — even those armed only with conventional weapons. The news comes just as American diplomats are trying to get Russia to cut down its nuclear stockpile, and put the squeeze on Iran’s suspect nuclear program.

Or, in other words, Russia sees our pathetic and feckless foreign policy and knows that we’re to pussy to do anything about stopping them.

Pity the former Soviet territories that step out of line…

What’s more, Patrushev said, Russia is revising the rules for the employment of nukes to repel conventionally armed attackers, “not only in large-scale, but also in a regional and even a local war.”

Hey Georgia!  Got that?  If you don’t shut up we’ll nuke you.  And all that will happen to us is we’ll be the subject of a few meaningless UN resolutions.

Good thing we canceled that missile defense shield.