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Originally Posted by PIMking
I don't honestly know, something better than "well, uh... we're not going to allow it" talk out of our elected officials. Maybe mobilize a bunch of people in the European bases, let him know that we will do something instead of just standing idle
I'm not in military, nor am I a military strategist, but I know we cant just sit and allow this to happen
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Realistically the US is going to do jack about this. They can't do anything atm. There is huge war wariness coming out of two middle eastern conflicts and the political appetite to do something militarily simply isn't there. The US didn't do anything even during the Georgian-Russian war either as it was way too close to Russia's sphere of influence. Even though there are treaties in place to defend Ukraine, I don't think they'll actually act on them.
Ukraines military chain of command is a complete mess after all the protests, change in government, etc. Ukrainians are screwed if they try to fight and if they don't unless the EU or US has the balls to bail them out. If the Ukrainians fire on Russian troops, Russia is now justified in coming down hard on the Ukrainians ala Georgia. If the Ukrainians do nothing, the Russians can just keep bringing in more troops to annex the region.