Maybe .. we'll see on WWIII. We been fighting wars ever since UN was created to bring peace. There's a reason for that. And I'm pretty sure Putin ain't stupid. He much smarter than Biden.
We have the Monroe Doctrine, when they want something similar it’s supposed to be so bad? Take the Ukraine, I don’t give a ****, not my business.
But didn't you hear, Putin is a genius!!
Wow. Are you serious right now? A core tenet of the Monroe Doctrine is not interfering in the affairs of a foreign nation or government that doesn’t pose a direct threat to the USA. Don’t think that a straight up invasion of a neighboring, peaceful sovereign state with about 1/10th the military strength of the invading country really fits that description.
We have the Monroe Doctrine, when they want something similar it’s supposed to be so bad? Take the Ukraine, I don’t give a ****, not my business.
Power exploits weakness. We didn’t impose sanctions of any significance until the tanks were already rolling into The Ukraine. Putin knew Biden would offer only tired protests with no teeth. So he is taking advantage. Once he takes out the political leadership in Kiev, Putin will stop and count his table full of chips. Biden and others will accept this and tell us that while we disagree with Putin we must get along. Biden will remove sanctions as no longer needed and ask Putin to export more oil to the US as Biden finishes off the oil and gas industry here. Putin will then count more chips (record exports at crazy prices) and tell the world what great friends he is with Biden. Biden will explain that he handled things just as FDR would have. The NYT will confirm this. And life will go on.