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Poiuyt

(18,122 posts)
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 10:39 PM Mar 2022

Is there any condition that would compell the US to get involved militarily in Ukraine?

Would we do anything if Russia used nuclear or chemical weapons in Ukraine? We've already seen them commit war crimes and atrocities. What if Russian soldiers started to commit war crimes on the scale of the Rape of Nanjing?

Or have we written Ukraine off and are waiting for Putin to attack a NATO country?

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Is there any condition that would compell the US to get involved militarily in Ukraine? (Original Post) Poiuyt Mar 2022 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #1
Getting involved in foreign wars is how empires met their demise at140 Mar 2022 #5
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The Reds? TheProle Mar 2022 #9
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Russia expanding into Poland or other bordering/nearby NATO country hlthe2b Mar 2022 #2
Yea that's pretty much it I think as well DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 2022 #3
Yes, an attack on US like Pearl Harbor. BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #4
Attacking New York City Hekate Mar 2022 #7
Chemical weapons use. A no-fly zone would follow. nt Cognitive_Resonance Mar 2022 #8
A Russian attack on NATO assets (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Mar 2022 #10

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at140

(6,110 posts)
5. Getting involved in foreign wars is how empires met their demise
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 11:15 PM
Mar 2022

We should avoid all foreign wars. Especially now with the humongous national debt.

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DetroitLegalBeagle

(1,919 posts)
3. Yea that's pretty much it I think as well
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 10:54 PM
Mar 2022

There won't be any direct military action unless NATO is attacked first. We simply are not going to fight directly with another nuclear power unless absolutely necessary. And absolutely necessary is essentially limited to attacks against us or treaty bound allies.

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