Originally Posted by
Pali
Imagine NATO armies holding positions on the frontline from Cherson to Svatove shoulder to shoulder with ZSU. With air superiority, trained forces manning the latest kit and executing modern combined warfare. I think that Russians would be pushed out from pre-2014 Ukraine within few weeks. Widening the conflict would be suicidal for Russia.
Chieftain said lately that Americans would expel Russians from Ukraine within 2 and half weeks.
And right there reinforces the argument to fast track Ukraine into NATO. Putin is surviving on a knife edge in the knowledge that the West fears him pressing buttons. That risk was there a year ago, now and forever, so get in there and get the job done swiftly.