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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
The problem with that argument is that you can't win. Because he won't stop.
If you don't intervene (allow him this move), he will make another. And then you will be faced with the same dilemma (if we intervene, he may use nukes). And then another.
You can hope that he'll stop on his own, but that is incredibly naïve IMO.
Putin is a bully and he respects strength, and despises weakness. He will have to be stood up to at some point, and the best time to do that is now - each time we wait, each move we allow him, only emboldens him to be more aggressive.
And with each move in this game becoming a larger play, the likelihood of nukes actually goes up.
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The line has been established. If he attacks a Nato country - they will get involved. Ukraine is not a Nato country.
There's a reason why Finland and Sweden are considering joining Nato now as they are the two countries near Russia who are not in Nato (plus Moldova).