Would You Support War Against Russia?

[Stratego]

[eynon81]

[Spider]

[Spider]

[eynon81]

Non is in a murder trial right now. So...later.

[Spider]

Oh. Well whoop-dee-do.

[foadi]

Knock em dead breh

[Professor]

I believe that it's a more complex issue than simply "does the US go to war with Russia". And, no, I'm not jumping on my own "it's their problem" shtick. Let me explain that first.

Most of the time, when we discuss American intervention, it's when one country wars with itself. It's a civil war, protests, government overthrow, etc. In those instances, I very rarely, if ever, think that American (or any other country) intervention is the right answer. But, this is not that. The Ukraine HAD a revolution. And, we did not intervene. This is something different. This is another country intervening, militarily, inside that country. That fact is a game changer. If the Ukraine wants to split itself between North Ukraine and Crimea, with Ukraine aligning with the EU and Crimea aligning with Russia, great. But, when another country intervenes to force the issue, it changes everything.

That said, I believe that this is predominantly Europe's problem. Not solely, but primarily. At first, and we must allow that this may change later, the EU (or member countries, or NATO) should oppose Russian intervention by any means necessary. Up to and including armed conflict. For now, the US should support the effort economically and politically, but not necessarily militarily. At least, not on the front lines. Provide no/low-interest loans to European countries, provide aid and assistance, provide military materiel, etc.

However, if it becomes clear that European countries cannot contain Russia, and the war is about to either drag on or escalate, then I would support a war with Russia.

[Indy]

[jimmyz]