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Russia Warns Border Strife May Trigger Nuclear War
I believe the purpose of this statement is quite different in the context of the mutual defense agreement with Iran. The important sentence in the article is this one:

"The nation's military doctrine says it may use nuclear weapons to counter a nuclear attack on Russia or an ally ..."

I believe Russia might be raising awareness that it has the potential to nuke someone who attacks an ally and might not respond with conventional forces.
What if it's a conventional attack instead of nuclear? Would Russia respond then? After all, they did nothing after Israel destroyed Syria's nuclear facility a few years ago...

Posted by: crosspatch 2011-11-17
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=333601