As soon as we kick Russia off the security council that might just happen. It's NATO calling the shots, a collective decision by 30 liberal democracies and their allies, who are many and growing daily.
Hope they have a few missiles in their duffle bags.
China wants to compete in trade and technology, that is acceptable and makes everybody stronger. China is a long term problem and we should help them solve their energy problems and not buy from Russia. They are watching this situation closely and I'm sure the weakness of the Russian military has caught their interest, all those uninhabited Siberian time zones of forest and minerals have too. Start carving up turf and other people might get ideas too, cut the rail line and highway to Siberia and the Russians are cut off.
They will probably start out escorting convoys of supplies into Ukraine.
Would you please explain why Putin invaded Ukraine?
Feel free to also point to where Biden or his administration has said what was going to happen outside of calling out what others were going to do (like Russia attacking a neighboring nation while trying to troll people into believing the lie Putin wanted spread about how it was 'their' fault).
No it isn't.
If Ukraine joined the EU the economy would explode and the EU would absolutely love them and their resources! It would make the Russians look bad because they will live like shit in comparison, it's that simple.
Is this your explanation for Putin's invasion of Ukraine?
It's not about military alliances it's about money, Russia has an economy smaller than Italy FFS, modern empires are financial and have been since the British empire transitioned into one. Vlad has to try and hold buffer and vassal states by force and create a new iron curtain, especially now that Russia is fucked financially. The EU is a bigger threat to Vlad than NATO.
Didn't Ukraine ask to join NATO just to try to avoid exactly what has happened? If one country is attacked all countries must defend. It's giving a psychopathic dictator permission to steal. That's why it's necessary for the entire world to unite to defeat a psychopath. Putin would not stop here. That is obvious.
Organizations like NATO make the likelihood of World War almost unavoidable. I agree it's all about money. To say this is all on Russia is to be not honest with yourself. The US has had the petition to put the Ukraine into NATO on the table for a very long time now. That is an open insult to Putin. And why is it there, because if Russia invaded a NATO member then the US could legitimately in their eyes at least enter the war? I find it difficult to converse with people that can defend a regime that sends masses of financial aid to Israel and Egypt, both with appalling records for human rights violations but then chooses to target China for it's appalling record on human rights abuses. You cannot have your cake and eat it as well, as you are learning. This is a dangerous time for the US, you cannot flex your military muscle without making yourself look like the problem.
We can't go to war with Vlad directly, but we can fight a proxy war for as long as the Ukrainians can fight and hold territory next to NATO. We can make him pay in blood, treasure and domestic political support, perhaps even drive him to the bargaining table. Stop his blitzkrieg in Ukraine and anything is possible, it depends on armor and close tactical air support, both have been blunted or negated by tactical western weapons
In a different thread, C licker said Putin is easily angered and the US provoked him and that's why Putin invaded Ukraine. So, basically, it's the US's fault. We should just surrender and turn over the keys to the world. Don't provoke him.