Originally Posted by
Imagegear
The problem is that NATO is only a defensive structure and Vlad knows and is exploiting it.
The only thing that might have the possibility of succeeding would be a full scale conventional attack directly on Russia across multiple fronts..
This would require commitment by a significant number of nation states with everything they had. Yes, the possibility/probability of things going full nuclear would definitely be there, however this will be the outcome anyway if Russia remains unchecked. Even a first strike should not be off the table at this stage, since we know where this is all going.
Naturally China would just be a side show because there would be no winners.
Best make your peace before it kicks off, the Lord preserve us.
IG
I don't think that would be good crisis management, to attempt to resolve a local problem by opening a much bigger can of worms.
Imho, the Biden administration is acting with commendable clarity, trying hard to keep this contained, penalizing Russia severely for its attack and providing generous aid to Ukraine, but not participating directly.
What the end result will be is unknown, other than that all parties involved will have brutal losses, both human as well as material..