Originally Posted by
FUMR
With Russia's and Putin's record regarding treaties, why would NATO want a negotiated peace treaty?
It may be seen by some Western policy makers as the lesser of two evils (the greater evil being a long running war that goes on as long as, for example, the Iran/Iraq war of the 1980's).
I share your reservations regarding the dubious value of Mr Putin's word, guarantee, or signature on a treaty. What deal could anyone have confidence in?
Originally Posted by
Big Pistons Forever
Russia using significant amounts of Chemical or Biologic agents would be an interesting situation. The world let Saddam gas whole villages and did nothing, and the world let Assad gas whole villages and did nothing. The type of trench warfare we are seeing now would seem to invite a chemical attack, just like WWW 1. How would the US and Europe react to that ? Their form is not very encouraging.
Gas warfare would be an escalation.