Posted on 08/08/2014 10:43:38 AM PDT by C19fan
We don’t know what’s going to happen in eastern Ukraine, where for five months government forces have battled Russian-backed separatists while Russian troops, having already seized Crimea, mass on the border. But there’s some frightening evidence that Moscow intends to invade mainland Ukraine.
“The probability of invasion is much, much higher than it has ever been,” James Miller, managing editor of The Interpreter, told War is Boring in an e-mail. The Interpreter translates media from the Russian press and blogosphere into English for use by analysts and policymakers.
The Russians reportedly have moved military vehicles with “peacekeeping” insignia to the border—a first since the crisis in the Ukraine began. Earlier this month, NATO warned that the Russians could mount an incursion into Ukrainian territory under the guise of a peacekeeping mission.
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Why would they bother, when Obama will give them some free?
That would be an act of war on our part. Once you start down that path, how far do you want to go? What level of Russian retaliation do you expect from that move? Then what shall we do in return? And then...? These are questions to resolve BEFORE we get involved in a war on Russia's border. What many Americans now tend to view as a distant adventure will be an existential threat to Russia, and such a threat justifies total war. This is not our fight.
That would be an act of war on our part. Once you start down that path, how far do you want to go? What level of Russian retaliation do you expect from that move? Then what shall we do in return? And then...? These are questions to resolve BEFORE we get involved in a war on Russia's border. What many Americans now tend to view as a distant adventure will be an existential threat to Russia, and such a threat justifies total war. This is not our fight.
It's not an act of war if we make them pay for them. It's really no different than selling F16's to Poland, or letting Croatia join NATO.
I assume that whatever we would do would be as part of NATO.
Only if we failed to paint "Peacemaker" on them.
As if Odumba has been playing for Ukraine.
“That would be an act of war on our part.”
LOL ! Against who... ?
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