There's a big difference between a Bosnian war, and one that could potentially escalate into a full-blown conflict involving one of the larger armies in the world.
Ultimately, short of sending a few missiles, there isn't much of anything that can be done, is there? Rattling sabers would be nothing more than a hollow gesture, pointless because everybody knows nobody would go through with backing it up. The same people laughing because of the lack of general rattlage, would be the first to laugh at any hollow promise of consequences. Never put a finger on the trigger of a gun you aren't will - or able to fire.
Quite frankly, the Ukraine can go spin. It's not my problem. I don't want to make it my problem. I don't want to make it my friend's problem. I certainly don't want a full-blown war over what is, for the most part still an internal Ukrainian matter. Russian intervention is arguable, when half of the country is actively demanding Russian troops to move in. Doing anything in the Ukraine will only end up being a bloody clusterfuck at best.
And I'd argue that Neville Chamberlain may have made the right call. History grants him an unfair reputation, in part because of Winston Churchill's autobiography, but the argument could be made that the United Kingdom was in no way able to stand by Czechoslovakia militarily in 1938, and the resulting war could've been disastrous. A year made all the difference in preparation and re-armamanet.
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Ultimately, short of sending a few missiles, there isn't much of anything that can be done, is there? Rattling sabers would be nothing more than a hollow gesture, pointless because everybody knows nobody would go through with backing it up. The same people laughing because of the lack of general rattlage, would be the first to laugh at any hollow promise of consequences. Never put a finger on the trigger of a gun you aren't will - or able to fire.
Quite frankly, the Ukraine can go spin. It's not my problem. I don't want to make it my problem. I don't want to make it my friend's problem. I certainly don't want a full-blown war over what is, for the most part still an internal Ukrainian matter. Russian intervention is arguable, when half of the country is actively demanding Russian troops to move in. Doing anything in the Ukraine will only end up being a bloody clusterfuck at best.
And I'd argue that Neville Chamberlain may have made the right call. History grants him an unfair reputation, in part because of Winston Churchill's autobiography, but the argument could be made that the United Kingdom was in no way able to stand by Czechoslovakia militarily in 1938, and the resulting war could've been disastrous. A year made all the difference in preparation and re-armamanet.
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