> It’s not a matter of power but a matter of morals I think. Its a matter of will. What is in it for the USA to start/finish a hot war with russia? Russia ha

> It’s not a matter of power but a matter of morals I think. Its a matter of will. What is in it for the USA to start/finish a hot war with russia? Russia has has different rules of engagement which means that they are prepared to be a bit more ruthless when it comes to doing a war. This means that for the US to win, it will need to commit a fucktonne of resources, of which a politically damaging number will be destroyed. The US isn't going to commit that much because there is no real strategic win for this. Russia is basically being textbook russia. Its been doing this shit in this region off and on for the last 150+ years. Its far easier to let ukraine blunt russia's fighting force, than it is to loose american troops. Its not a moral judgement, its raw hard domestic politics.