Re:US Sanctions Vladimir Putin
by vkou on Friday February 25, 2022 @08:56PM
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> US won't put troops in Ukraine because that would put nuclear powers in direct conflict.
That's the reason it won't put troops in now (and the reason anyone asking for that now is insane), but that wasn't the reason it couldn't put troops in 4 months ago.
Note that Russia is about to border NATO across its entire eastern border. This puts two nuclear powers directly staring eachother down at a border.
If Russia grows truculent over, say, Estonia, it's unlikely that the US response will be withdrawing troops from it.
That's the reason it won't put troops in now (and the reason anyone asking for that now is insane), but that wasn't the reason it couldn't put troops in 4 months ago.
Note that Russia is about to border NATO across its entire eastern border. This puts two nuclear powers directly staring eachother down at a border.
If Russia grows truculent over, say, Estonia, it's unlikely that the US response will be withdrawing troops from it.