And giving the order to go after Bin Ladin despite the advice of everyone not to do it?
The problem I see is this. There are several ex-Warsaw Pact countries who made the decision to join NATO. A few of them on the borders of the Ukraine. If Putin swallows up the Ukraine with a peep from anyone, you'll see a guerrilla campaign start from the borders of those countries. Like what is happening now with Chechnya. Then the shooting war with NATO will really start. A destabilized Eastern Europe is not something the West wants. Look at what happened in the 90's with the break-up of Yugoslavia. The Germans, French and the UK will want to act. And if they do, we get pulled in.
I'd rather we do the show of force now and hopefully stop a shooting war rather than cave-in and get the war anyway.
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Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell
The problem I see is this. There are several ex-Warsaw Pact countries who made the decision to join NATO. A few of them on the borders of the Ukraine. If Putin swallows up the Ukraine with a peep from anyone, you'll see a guerrilla campaign start from the borders of those countries. Like what is happening now with Chechnya. Then the shooting war with NATO will really start. A destabilized Eastern Europe is not something the West wants. Look at what happened in the 90's with the break-up of Yugoslavia. The Germans, French and the UK will want to act. And if they do, we get pulled in.
I'd rather we do the show of force now and hopefully stop a shooting war rather than cave-in and get the war anyway.
__________________
Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell