Who here thinks this stops at Ukraine?

[Jolly]

I really don't think they want to go there.

[George K]

@Jolly said in Who here thinks this stops at Ukraine?:

I really don't think they want to go there.

Yes. But saber-rattling has its place.

[bachophile]

The difference is Russia always saw Ukraine and Georgia as part of cultural great Russia. The baltics were never really Russian. They were what they are. Baltic states more culturally European than Russian.

[George K]

Probably saber rattling, as mentioned.

But it's getting traction in the Russian media:

[Renauda]

[George K]

@Renauda I saw that the other day, yesterday I believe. I'm sure the talk is all about retaliation.

But, NATO...

[Renauda]

@George-K

Yes, that is a credible deterrent.

[Mik]

Let us hope so.

[taiwan_girl]

Based on the seeing in the Ukraine, could Russia possibly start a second "front"? Seems like they are having enough problems with the one in Ukraine. I don't know if the capabilities are there to do another parallel war.

[jon-nyc]

@Larry said in Who here thinks this stops at Ukraine?:

The US is sending fighter jets to Poland to let Ukrainian pilots go to Poland and fly them back into Ukraine. Whether you agree with doing that or not, that is the US getting directly involved in a hot war with Russia. Also, since Poland is also a NATO member, this brings NATO into the war. This act alone makes NATO and the US both direct participants in a hot war between Russia and Ukraine, and now it's WWIII.

Maybe it does according to Newsmax or RT, but not by the many decades of Cold War historical precedent. We armed each other’s enemies all the time.