Comment by injb

He makes a good point here though: if the threat of nuclear war stops NATO from intervening now, why wouldn't it stop them from responding to a relatively minor transgression? Do we expect Putin to believe that we won't risk nuclear war to save Ukranians, but we will risk it over the technical violation of a treaty? If the west does nothing now, they will likely be willing to tolerate more and still do nothing. He knows that.