> Europe couldn't kick Russia, a country with 10x lower GDP and a decrepit army, out of Ukraine; how could it hope to deny any land to the US? This isn’t parti

> Europe couldn't kick Russia, a country with 10x lower GDP and a decrepit army, out of Ukraine; how could it hope to deny any land to the US? This isn’t particularly well know, but Russia has had nuclear weapons since 1949. I suspect this is why European countries have not adopted a more aggressive posture towards Russia in Ukraine. For some odd reason, no nuclear powers have ever invaded each other or declared war on each other since nuclear weapons were invented, aside from some bitchy slapfights in Kashmir. NATO is a de facto nuclear power, with (3) of the member states being nuclear states.