'Must laugh at us': Putin succesfully scared the West into self-deterrence with empty nuke threats

The Ben Hodges interview: Part II

Delphi, Greece: Vladimir Putin must be laughing at how successful his empty threats to use nuclear weapons have been in scaring the West into self-deterrence, retired US Lieutenant-General Ben Hodges said.

Hodges was commander of United States Army Europe from November 2014 until he retired from the Army in January 2018. He is one of the leading military…