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> Wouldn't the U.S., too, consider military intervention if a direct neighbor country of the U.S. was preparing to essentially become a base for Russian missile
by mopsi 5y ago
> Wouldn't the U.S., too, consider military intervention if a direct neighbor country of the U.S. was preparing to essentially become a base for Russian missiles?
Not comparable examples, because no-one's parking missiles in Ukraine. The goal of Ukraine's NATO membership is to obtain a political deterrence against Russian invasion.
Eastern European countries so far have no missiles, and not even any meaningful presence of foreign troops after 20 years of membership.
Russian propaganda has sidetracked everyone into talking about Russian security when Russia has been the main agressor in the region for the longest time. What about everyone else, don't they deserve the same considerations? Why must we accept Russian wars on peaceful countries in Europe and yet defense cooperation with their victims is frowned upon? Isn't it a bit insane?
- leobg 5y agoI don't see "everyone talking about Russian security". Or that defense cooperation with Ukraine was "being frowned upon". At all. On the contrary. What I'm seeing is that it is politically incorrect to even mention the idea that Putin might be not just crazy, or that someone else in his shoes might be tempted to do the same thing. Make no mistake. I don't like what Russia is doing one bit. My investments are down by several hundred thousand dollars. And I consider myself lucky that this is the only impact that situation is having on me, so far. The idea of war in Europe scares me. I wish none of that craziness was happening.