Are we already in WWIII?

[boston bean]

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	Yes
	6 (21%)
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	18 (64%)
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	0 (0%)
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	4 (14%)
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[hlthe2b]

1. When you slide down the precipice are you still on the cliff or on the way into the abyss below?

I guess it will be clear in a few days/weeks/months.

[boston bean]

2. I just can't imagine the west standing by and watching Ukrainians being slaughtered en masse

Won’t matter whether they are part of EU or NATO.

[hlthe2b]

3. My pacifist nature went out the window some time ago.... I'm now having "fantasies"

that include taking out that enormous convoy en route to Kyiv (at a minimum) while the rest of the young Russian conscripts surrender or head back to their homes in Russia.

I don't know how we will bear seeing the slaughter of Ukrainians before our literal eyes in real-time. We had a chance to stop Hitler before the worst began. We didn't do so. Maybe it is time to learn from history and our mistakes.

And I say this as one only 60 some miles from the nearest of the multiple nuclear missile silos-- that would surely be targeted-- that line the plains from Colorado through Wyoming, Nebraska, and into the Dakotas. So while we make jokes about the lonely Air Force serviceman or woman that spends their waking hours guarding these active remnants of the cold war, no one should ever forget their presence. Especially now.

Sometimes doing what is right may carry a horrendous cost. But at least this time around the international community is closely aligned.

[boston bean]

4. Nicely said. He must be stopped. He has already said what he is/wants to do.

So Ukrainians get slaughtered for what, him to attack a nato country then we’re in.

He has already said he wants his union back. He is not going to stop. And to give into a threat that will always be there makes us his to own.

[beaglelover]

5. Oh Christ, enough with the histrionics.

[BlackSkimmer]

7. ...

[sarisataka]

6. Arguably it isn't even

A regional war yet.

[WarGamer]

8. Fiona Hill says "yes"

I think she's probably overstating the situation a bit...

At least I'd like to think so.

[Elessar Zappa]

9. Not yet.

But given the reported instability of Putin, anything’s possible.