As far as i can tell, yes, they are fanatics… but they want their realm on this world, not in some vague paradise in afterlife.

Trump Trumps handlers, Putin, Xi? Absolutely.

Chomeini and his fellows? Well, this is another story… religious fanatics don’t tend to work with the same OS than everybody else…

I think the best middle ground would be if all the guys (i somehow presume its mostly guys) in the net crying for military intervention, for invoking article 5 and so on would contemplate a bit more about how awful war is… and that a conflict with an enemy like russia - how weak they may be compared to its sovjet peak - will be much different from the conflicts the west has seen in the last ~30 years (not to mention the changes in technology).

Maybe campaign for more support for ukraine, maybe campaign for better support for your countries military… but if you call for actual war and you are a fighting age male: Be ready to enlist.

In case of nuclear war everything will burn to ashes, this is the reason why there will be no nuclear war.

Without the home front there wont be any weapons, ammo, rations, aso…

This is something i personaly see as a somewhat lame excuse… if you call for war, be ready to fight it.

What branch were you in and what rank?

Heer (so, the infantry) and Stabsunteroffizier (i think this would be equivalent to a lance seargant).

German, spend quiet a few years in the german army and currently in reserve.

I am just sick of civilians crying for war without having their own asses put out in the fire.

Well, my grandfather on my mothers side was an SA man, rolled with the things life put in his way, brought his family good through the war and into the post war period. Grandfather on my dad’s side was a soldier, spend some time at the end of the war in captivity, but also turned out OK.

The lesson learned: Its better to roll with the things to come instead of fighting what is inevitable

You wouldn’t believe how much i - right now in this moment - want to smack my head in my desk really hard reading such utter waste of electrons?

sigh

I hope you are currently enlisted in your army or in the reserve?

Let me guess… communism is the solution?

Once they’ve finished with these groups they’ll move on to other groups and continue whittling down their ingroup until there is no one left.

Well, it worked out pretty well for my grandparents, so I am not that concerned

Also nice job showing that minority groups are an acceptable price to pay for your cowardice.

This would also apply for anybody born in the “developed world” if you think a bit about it

Mate, it’s only a problem if you are a member of the groups the traditional fascist hates, sooo…

Well, here we differ: I will happily live under a fascist ruler if the alternative is dying in (nuclear-) fire.

I suspect this is something you learn if you grow older, have family… and have witnessed actual combat…

Well, lets wait and see…

Only if the NATO would act… and THAT would depend on the circumstances.

• A full on invasion? Ok, chances are good that the NATO would indeed respond.
• An insurrection backed by somewhat deniable “green men”? Weeelll…

Well, those spawn from time to time… but they are normally honored obituaries after an “unfortunate accident”…

If the terrorists have the biggest military in the world, control over all major digital services, a secret service that knows when you last have pooped AND have enough force for a literal occupation already on your territory… well… things get more complicated

… and if you follow on this train of thought, when will be the right moment for the west to attack?

Why this much hassle if they can simply confiscate every electronic item in your house?