Tornado Alley (PROG)

[brooklyn13]

ok, I can agree with you about most of that. To us, maybe, it would seem like we're going to start doing the right thing. I'm worried that some parts of the world will look at it like just another case of American warmongering. Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Pakistan, who can keep track of which have been righteous:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_armed_conflicts_involving_the_United_States#21st-century

I'm also concerned, as I've mentioned, with the notion of more young Americans dying on a battlefield when America hasn't been attacked. Our principles, maybe, but that's a theoretical cause for actual dying.

That's why I think it's maybe better for NATO soldiers to do the fighting backed by our money, fighter jets, etc. Regardless, a crucial part of this battle is going to be done on the cyber warfare battlefields, I think that might determine who actually "wins" (no one will actually win). We're good with that, but so is Russia and its allies like Iran and N Korea.

Also, taking Ukraine is a long way from keeping Ukraine. The country is too big to be pacified, look how the NVA did against a superpower, in an area with much less territory to hide and regroup to plan more counter attacks.

Enough Ukrainians already hated Russia for their combined history, this is going to be a tough slog for Vlad & Co.