Said it before and I'll say it again: US (and by extension NATO) should send troops. Enough is enough. Putin (to quote the late great Charlie Murphy) is a habitual line-stepper. If you act like a pussy, he'll take advantage. People are trying to avoid WWIII, and not realizing that it's already WWIII; at this point, we just have to decide who wins.
Even just sending our PMCs/mercenaries (and maybe some other outsiders like the French Foreign Legion) would make a big difference. If the Russians resort to battlefield nukes, then we respond with overwhelming conventional (not nuclear) force.
It's doable. Everyone is afraid to do it, but it's doable. And every day we don't do it, the death and destruction toll ratchets higher.
Sending good vibes and support to @Kopanja.
P.S. Have the Ukrainians not considered hiring mercenaries for straight cash? Eric Prince is probably looking for work. Even better, I'm sure Eben Barlow is still active (to give advice/training to volunteer soldiers if nothing else). There are people out there, itching to help, whose skills are not being utilized.
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USA never had designs on long-term owning/occupying any of those countries. Simply not the same.
Even just sending our PMCs/mercenaries (and maybe some other outsiders like the French Foreign Legion) would make a big difference. If the Russians resort to battlefield nukes, then we respond with overwhelming conventional (not nuclear) force.
It's doable. Everyone is afraid to do it, but it's doable. And every day we don't do it, the death and destruction toll ratchets higher.
Sending good vibes and support to @Kopanja.
P.S. Have the Ukrainians not considered hiring mercenaries for straight cash? Eric Prince is probably looking for work. Even better, I'm sure Eben Barlow is still active (to give advice/training to volunteer soldiers if nothing else). There are people out there, itching to help, whose skills are not being utilized.
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he should ask this question in the US, If Americans feel guilty for Iraq, Aghanistan, Syria, Libya,Yemen, Somalia…

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