Originally Posted by
El Grifo
Out if interest Nutloose, what do you think Biden could possibly do, without escalating the already delicate situation into an extremely dangerous, possibly catastrophic situation.
Unless of course you think the Nuclear option is a valid one !
Genuinely interested in hearing any creative way out of this delicate but nasty situation.
I for one, would suggest some actual, solid sanctions, instead of the existing pizz-poor, hollow, verbal versions !
El Grifo
First thing would have been not to keep repeating we will not put troops in... that instantly gave Putin the go ahead, why give them the easy route instead of keeping them guessing.
As for a way out, that sadly appears to have long gone, arming them with cruise missiles early on might have helped, as defensive weapons of course.
but when Russia announced "peace" keepers, the west should have done the same.