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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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