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This sounds very much like a possible tipping point for a world war. Won't the US and NATO oppose this with force? And why would Russia want to recall the US am
by sudhirj 13y ago
This sounds very much like a possible tipping point for a world war. Won't the US and NATO oppose this with force? And why would Russia want to recall the US ambassador?
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- mgz 13y agoPlease note that pro-american Georgia attacked Russia and its allies back then. Russia was defending.
- mNemoN 13y agoThis time is it right next to EU Schengen border. Also there are some agreements between Ukraine and EU/USA to protect Ukraine border integrity.
- Aoyagi 13y agoI believe the Budapest Memorandum is more of a guideline than an agreement.
- lukasm 13y agoGB, France and Poland agreed to attack in case of German aggression. UK and France did nothing in '39 even though that simultaneous action could've ended II world word in a year. You can count your allies, but count only on yourself.
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- rosser 13y agoNATO is irrelevant here. A strict interpretation of the Budapest Memorandum, however, has Russia in violation, which would oblige the US and UK to respond.
- vetinari 13y agoStrict interpretation says that the latest legitimate president of UA has been overthrown in coup and asked for help. That means, the currently acting representative of Ukraine are not legitimate and do not represent the Ukraine the Budapest Memorandum was about.
- rosser 13y agoNot to precipitate a debate over semantics, but I don't believe being ousted by your own parliament falls under any of the standard definitions of a coup d'état.
- danmaz74 13y agoIt will deteriorate the relations, but I don't see any possibility of a world war over Crimea.
- officemonkey 13y agoUkraine is not a NATO ally. Article 5 of the Treaty of Washington is the "attack on one is an attack on all" (which is why the French fought in Afghanistan but not Iraq.) The Alliance can still decide to do something (as they did in the Former Yugoslavian republics in the 90s) but frankly "going toe to toe with the Rooskies" is a lot less appetizing than beating up Serbia.
- DominikR 13y ago> And why would Russia want to recall the US ambassador? To signal that Russia will interpret a possible US intervention in Ukraine as an act of war against Russia. I hope that the situation will de-escalate and differences will be settled in a democratic way.
- csomar 13y agoNah, a war is very unlikely. Really very unlikely. The USA has learned from Afghanistan and Iraq that wars are very expensive and yields little results. Revolutions are much cheaper, faster and likely to be accepted by the global community.
- znowi 13y agoThe US has military bases and troops deployed around the world with wars waging in the Middle East and special ops in Africa and other locations. That doesn't seem to bother people. Russia decides sending troops to protect predominantly Russian population of Crimea and suddenly it's WW3.