The 2nd Crimean War?

[ordnance11]

Dartz wrote:

---

Sending a battlegroup in the general direction of Ukraine risks making the entire situation spiral out of control even faster. The last thing anybody in Europe wants is a war in the Ukraine. There's fuckall there but fields, an atomic disaster and a gaspipe. Nothing worth going to war over. Especially in a country so visibly split down the middle as to form a quagmire for whoever wants to step in first.

Not to mention the fact that, generally, the nations of Europe rather don't want a war. And they certainly aren't interested in starting one for someone else. For reasons that should be very obvious. War for America in general means a few caskets on a plane every now and then and some white crosses on a foreign field followed by some kickass video games. War for Europeans conjours up entirely different images....

So, when Russian tanks starts rolling in to Kiev, do you envision some sort of deal ala Munich in 1938. "Peace in our time"
You do remember the last European conflict was the Bosnian War?
And war for me means going to the Veterans hospital and seeing the guys coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan trying to rebuild their lives. So what's war for you?
Make no mistake. If it was possible I'd go for an isolationist policy in a heartbeat and the world can go hang.  That option went out in WWI. No rational being willingly wants war. But I say rattle the sabers to make sure Putin gets the point and hopefully prevent a war than do nothing now and we 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