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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo if the Russians are going to be sending in fellow Terrorist's from Syria, Chechen...into Ukraine
then Ukraine can ask for US and NATO forces.....this is not a one sided affair, where by one team gets to make the rules and the other can't have anything....
Walleye
(30,935 posts)If he brings in foreign fighters I dont think we can let that stand without a combat response
Chainfire
(17,458 posts)The threat to bring in outsiders is meaningless. He still has to feed them and supply them with food, transportation and weapons. So far, logistics appear his problem.
Putin really acts like he wants to go to war with NATO, why is beyond my imagination, unless it has something to do with his deal with China. Perhaps if he can expand the war, he feels that the US will become busy in the Pacific and that he can handle the EU. Putin is appearing weak on the battlefield, that could have something to do with an ancient Chinese story:
In 340 BC Sun Bin, highly talented in military strategy, came as a refuge from the state of Qi from the state of Wei. Tian Ji was a military general in the state of Qi and one of his favorite pastimes was racing horses with the King, but Tian Ji lost every time. The rules were that they each got three races and three horses and that a new horse needed to be used in every race pitted against a new horse from an opponent. There were 3 classes of horses: slow, medium and fast. Being powerful as he is, Kings horses in each class were a bit better than Tian Jis. Sun bin observed this and advised Tian Ji on how to win: Pit your slow horse against the Kings fast horse, your fast horse against the Kings medium horse, and your medium horse against the Kings slow horse. In the first round Tian Ji lost, sacrificing his slow horse to eliminate the Kings fastest horse out of the race, since the King cant use him twice. But Tians fast horse beat the Kings medium one and his medium horse beat the Kings slow horse and it was the first time hed won this battle.
Wingus Dingus
(8,052 posts)They are the new Nazis.
Chainfire
(17,458 posts)That giant sucking noise you hear is the Russian economy imploding. Make him play our game, not the other way around.
Sun Tzu tells us: To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
Lets not be so anxious to start WWIII. The bombs bursting in air, will have mushroom clouds. It is estimated that a nuclear war would kill 100,000,000 Americans alone. The option of fighting Putin will always be on the table. The American that has the best knowledge of the world situation sits in the White House, I am perfectly willing to trust his judgement.
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)spanone
(135,781 posts)bdamomma
(63,791 posts)to leave this illegal invasion to those who are qualified in the White House to make decisions.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)The sanctions are just starting to get into gear. Ukraine is holding on and there are all sorts of things moving in the background.
grumpyduck
(6,221 posts)are reportedly going to Ukraine to fight for them.
world wide wally
(21,734 posts)it first?
samsingh
(17,590 posts)armament for armament
NCjack
(10,279 posts)PortTack
(32,691 posts)Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)Shit kickers!