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In reply to the discussion: Please help me understand something. WHY aren't we bombing that convoy? [View all]Caliman73
(11,738 posts)or have a treaty or mutual defense pact with one of the combatant nations, would be tantamount to declaring war and significantly escalating the conflict.
There have been decades of debate about whether or not the United States should be "the world's policeman". We have recently ended very protracted wars where we "went in" based on some offense or perceived (false) threat. We spent trillions of dollars and thousands of lives fighting in two places with significantly weaker adversaries.
What is happening in Ukraine is horrible and needs to stop. The question is how willing should we be to put other, fellow citizens' children in harms way to do so.
Not to call you out or insult you, if your child was in the military, would you be prepared to sacrifice his/her life to intervene in Ukraine?