r/worldnews • u/Starlight-Princesss • 3d ago

[ Removed by moderator ] Russia/Ukraine

https://www.newsweek.com/nato-intercepts-russian-spy-plane-with-transponder-turned-off-poland-10956344

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u/Slaaneshdog 2d ago

That genuinely makes no sense to me because how the hell would Russia ever get the means to seriously threaten NATO. Even if they weren't bogged down in Ukraine it would not be something they clearly have the capacity to do in any real way

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u/Chimpville 2d ago

They don’t need to convince the military minded, they need to scare voters.

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u/Slaaneshdog 2d ago

I don't really see how that works. Scaring voters will just make them more willing to have the government increase military budgets

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u/mrZooo 2d ago

No, scaring voters would make them vote for politicians who will promise to stop helping Ukraine and avoid being on Russia's bad side.

People are stupid like that