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Blaukraut

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3. What might of NATO? They can't even bring themselves to agree on sanctions
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 02:52 PM
Feb 2022

And they're terrified if the make Putin too mad, he might use nukes. So NATO is waving its collective fist at Russia and not much else.

This isn't gonna just stop with Ukraine. [View all] imanamerican63 Feb 2022 OP
I would like to see putin's face, with a comically small hitler moustache - empedocles Feb 2022 #1
Then he will face the might of NATO, which he knows he can't win. PortTack Feb 2022 #2
What might of NATO? They can't even bring themselves to agree on sanctions Blaukraut Feb 2022 #3
Don't kid yourself. NATO would handily crush the russian army. PSPS Feb 2022 #16
Exactly..those that don't think so are completely uninformed PortTack Feb 2022 #20
ahhhh yes... WarGamer Feb 2022 #22
People believed the mighty US Forces would crush North Vietnam. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #40
Um, NATO played no role in Vietnam. PSPS Feb 2022 #41
People are talking about the difference in men and materiel. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #43
Not comparable at all, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #42
Bingo, and all we really need to do to defeat Russia, radius777 Feb 2022 #57
And you can bet the farm that once the sanctions MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #62
NATO was highly effective to stop the Bosnian genocide radius777 Feb 2022 #54
NATO is impotent Chuuku Davis Feb 2022 #14
LOL. Ok, pal. Whatever you say. PSPS Feb 2022 #17
... MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #26
What an absurdly uninformed comment. 11 Bravo Feb 2022 #32
I was refrring to the will to fight, Chuuku Davis Mar 2022 #63
yes bdamomma Feb 2022 #19
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2022 #50
Exactly where else do you see him invading? Ohio Joe Feb 2022 #4
Baltics qazplm135 Feb 2022 #5
They are NATO... Ohio Joe Feb 2022 #8
We will see qazplm135 Feb 2022 #24
I see President Biden as strong of will... Ohio Joe Feb 2022 #35
Has nothing to do with Biden qazplm135 Feb 2022 #36
It is too early to cut them off from SWIFT... Ohio Joe Feb 2022 #38
Take your defeatist bullshit elsewhere, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #27
Defeatist? qazplm135 Feb 2022 #28
I stand by what I said, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #31
Oligarchs qazplm135 Feb 2022 #37
Putin has a button BGBD Feb 2022 #39
You're assuming qazplm135 Feb 2022 #46
And you're assuming that the actual rulers or Russia, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #47
They stop him how qazplm135 Feb 2022 #48
You're naive as hell if you think that the Oligarchs don't have someone MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #49
Backing down is not an option, article 5 will be invoked radius777 Feb 2022 #58
Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan.... TheRealNorth Feb 2022 #6
I believe they are as well... Ohio Joe Feb 2022 #9
Probably not too hard... TheRealNorth Feb 2022 #30
None of those is in NATO PSPS Feb 2022 #21
I don't know what Blaukraut is thinking but TomSlick Feb 2022 #7
I don't see him attacking any NATO country... Ohio Joe Feb 2022 #10
Nobody wins WWIII. marie999 Feb 2022 #11
Agreed Ohio Joe Feb 2022 #12
You are assuming Putin is a rationale actor. I hope you are correct. TomSlick Feb 2022 #52
+1, Pootin is officially in my Bat Shit Crazy category and I don't see Russians going along with it uponit7771 Feb 2022 #56
I hope you are correct. TomSlick Feb 2022 #61
Sorry, I managed to post something twice. TomSlick Feb 2022 #53
Moldova is Kremlin-friendly already WarGamer Feb 2022 #23
ahhh, my mistake then... Ohio Joe Feb 2022 #34
They were, prior to 2020. They became a lot closer to the EU after PAS took over. Lancero Feb 2022 #59
Our response also signals how we will deal with dictators. Taiwan JCMach1 Feb 2022 #13
Yep. And let's hope the dictatorship known as China doesn't use the opportunity to invade Taiwan. jalan48 Feb 2022 #15
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2022 #55
well bdamomma Feb 2022 #18
He would only need to look in the direction of a NATO gldstwmn Feb 2022 #25
He will set his sights on each territory from the former USSR and... budkin Feb 2022 #29
The slope isn't as slippery as you imagine. maxsolomon Feb 2022 #33
I agree. Most of what I have been reading the past few weeks lines up with what you have said. Quixote1818 Feb 2022 #45
I don't think Russia has the money to keep attacking countries Quixote1818 Feb 2022 #44
Hitler didn't either, the economy of Germany was smaller than Russia's when he attacked Poland uponit7771 Feb 2022 #51
I don't think so. GoodRaisin Feb 2022 #60
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