Originally Posted by
NutLoose
Good, the UF needs to interdict the MSR. It hardly seems fair that Team Rouge gets to lob missiles at Ukraine without a bit of disincentive. There are some great bridges across the Don, and Kerch, and the rail into Belgorod, Volgograd, Platov, and lots of parade lineup SUs and MiGs near by...
The west is going to have a bill for this, no matter what, and pulling the bandaid of Team Rouge now will still have a lower cost than waiting for the Baltics or Poland to be threatened. Appeasement doesn't work, at least it didn't in '36, '37, '38 etc... that's where the "line in the sand" comes into it's own.
Pukins newly reconstituted USSR is tanking, forget about the propped up ruble. They have managed to Q them selves, (Germany and co's reversal notwithstanding) China's bubble is bursting, food supplies and fertiliser are getting way low, it's going to be an interesting year or two. Does the world want Putin glaring into Poland or Ukraine? All Ukraine is asking for is the means to defeat evil, not much to ask for in the big scheme of things.