So many things I would love to say.........
Just for perspective, the United States has 4 TIMES the number of Aircraft Carriers as Russia and China COMBINED. Let that sink in when comparing military budget, investment and strength.
Also what sets us apart is the ability to move massive military assets rapidly around the globe and logistically sustain
We are developing a multitude of hypersonic missiles and have been, they just weren't a priority because for 20 years we were hopping between opium fields in the Middle East.
Yeah, we all know the Kremlin won't be offering terms unless they're hugely in favor of Russia. So I expect part of the terms is a new government in Kiev, favorable to Moscow, is required for peace.
Exactly and also there was this, Ukraine not entering NATO was not the only demand
No doubt. The U.S. has an enormous stranglehold on advantageous positions that make other nations feel vulnerable. China nor Russia like the fact that we have more Naval Firepower in Washington state, Hawaii, Japan and Guam alone, than they have combined, and that doesn't factor in the Atlantic and European fleets. We can move a bunch of men and equipment, in short notice, to every corner of the world and have enough firepower there to obliterate nations in a matter of days. You can bet your sweet @$$ that the U.S. Navy has Boomer Subs circling the Northern Pacific and Northern Atlantic as we speak.
Putin want to be the next Hitler…. We can kill him the same way too.
Exactly. We simply could not wage full war on those nations lands because we weren't fighting the nations themselves. A lot of bureaucratic and diplomacy issues would arise. The US could've easily sent an entire fleet of soldiers to the middle east and solved that issue in less than a year if it legally have done so without dealing with other nations.
If what Biden said is true, then yikes!!! That's WW3/nuclear war without a question at that point being most of these Countries are NATO countries. I hope Putin isn't that crazy to actually think he somehow take more Countries besides Ukraine.
Thats called setting up a strawman. Putin has no reason to go beyond Ukraine. Europe will cave very quickly as far as accepting the new reality. They have fought 2 world wars in Europe. In WW1 alone england suffered 723,000 dead and the war was never fought on their territory. In the space of 10 years the territory that became Ukraine went from russian control, to german control, to russian control, to polish control and back to russian control. The millions upon millions of dead Europe suffered in WW1and 2 arent easily forgotten. They will not fight with Russia over Ukraine. They will also go around any sanctions imposed on Russia any way they can. Sanctions sound awesome but a month from now, at most 2, the Nordstream pipeline will be approved and Europe will be eager to do business with Russia regardless of who controls Ukraine. We here just dont understand the mindset of Europeans and Putin.
France 1940 come to mind?
Current Ukraine government,no, but what if capital falls and the government is relocated somewhere else and Russia plays a narrative proclaiming a pro Russian government then the new government agrees. Not sure the true advantage there if still fighting a strong resistance, with current government still in country just relocated, just thinking out loud for discussion. Russia narrative for Russian media
I could see Russia moving into Moldova next, but after that the path of least resistance is probably retaking some of the ex-SSRs in Central Asia. Unless Putin is crazy enough to take on NATO itself.
