Well is there a difference between asking for a nuke straight up and asking for a no fly zone over Ukraine where US planes would shoot down Russian ones? Not really. Because if a NFZ was established and Russia flew into it or vice versa as soon as the aircraft engage that’s supposed to be immediate war posturing and a reason for nuclear war. Which is of course why the NFZ was never granted (a fucking INSANE ask btw in the middle of a war with a nuclear power). But that was basically Ukraine asking the US “hey, can you make the planes stop and if they try to stop you stopping then, you know, nuke them? But just a little! A baby nuke!”
Well is there a difference between asking for a nuke straight up and asking for a no fly zone over Ukraine where US planes would shoot down Russian ones? Not really. Because if a NFZ was established and Russia flew into it or vice versa as soon as the aircraft engage that’s supposed to be immediate war posturing and a reason for nuclear war. Which is of course why the NFZ was never granted (a fucking INSANE ask btw in the middle of a war with a nuclear power). But that was basically Ukraine asking the US “hey, can you make the planes stop and if they try to stop you stopping then, you know, nuke them? But just a little! A baby nuke!”