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Showing Original Post only (View all)Is there a trigger for actual military intervention ? [View all]
I know that we don't want to get involved directly for fear of triggering an all out war. I do wonder if that calculus changes if Putin starts mass killings by leveling cities with millions of people in it like Kyiv and Kharkiv.
Do we just stand there watching, wearing sunflowers and blue and yellow or does this motivates NATO to establish air superiority to stop it ? We did it during the Bosnian wars over Sarajevo.
It all hinges on whether or not western powers believe Putin would use nukes if we ground his air force over Ukraine.
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Yes of course. I am not foolish. But I will not be happy watching wholesale slaughter.
Irish_Dem
Mar 2022
#7
I don't mean banking help. I mean direct and immediate help to save lives now.
Irish_Dem
Mar 2022
#11
We ARE helping Ukraine. Military supplies, intelligence, economic and diplomatic sanctions on RU
mathematic
Mar 2022
#25
Russia isn't a minor Third World or Middle East country we can invade without much
jalan48
Mar 2022
#21