Russian vassalization of Ukraine

[eynon81]

[exploited]

Russia doing even more to f**k with your plans re: Iran, Syria, Israel, etc. You know, all those really important foreign policy goals that you'd be jeopardizing so Ukraine could join the EU.

As weak as they are, they aren't Iraq or Afghanistan. You can expect a higher level of military opposition. It won't be nearly as easy as rolling over some two-bit dictatorship. You would win, don't get me wrong, but it'll cost you.

Europe can expect to pay out the ass if it wants that natural gas to keep on flowing.

Crimea will turn into a nightmare for Ukraine. You can expect huge instability and armed insurgency for years to come. This spilling over into other regions is absolutely guaranteed, especially if Ukraine takes heavy-handed action against it.

Russia may feel threatened enough to stop acting rationally.

All for having the exact same strategic reality we will have even if we do nothing.

[Mr.Bill]

I didn't read this whole thread so maybe I'm not understanding all of it... But there are people here who want us to go to war over what's going on over there? WTF?

We rightfully did nothing when Russian tanks rolled into Hungry and Czechoslovakia in the 50's and 60's, and we did nothing in 2008... There's no need to start being stupid now.. This is none of our business, it is in someone else's backyard..

[The Comrade]

[The dane]

Looks like Russia is planning to annex Crimea, which might actually be what the local population wants. I don't see any reason for the US or EU to get involved militarily, and Ukraine doesn't have the strength to do anything.

I am not particularly worried about this conflict in particular, but it is troubling that Putin feels he can get this openly aggressive.

[broken robot]

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[Dobby]