SHOULD THE U.S. GO TO WAR

The U.S. has put itself in a precarious position vis a vis NATO. NATO has allowed former Warsaw Pact nations to become members and by way of article 5, the U.S., is obligated to fight if any member is attacked. This begs the question:

"Though a nation of 44 million and almost as large as Texas, Ukraine is neither a vital U.S. interest nor a member of NATO.
However, were Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Estonia, whose population is 3% of Ukraine’s, America would be obligated to go to war with Russia.
Does this disparity make strategic sense?
Should not America have the same freedom of action to decide whether to fight for Estonia as we do to decide whether to fight for Ukraine? After all, Ukraine is far larger and more populous and strategic."

www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/buchanan-...h-over-ukraine-ahead

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandu..._Security_Assurances

REVIEW THE ANALYSIS section.....the answer is clear, the agreement did not SPECIFY that action,just security assist in many forms, which is what Biden is attempting

That's a tough question for sure. One thing I know for a fact is that all NATO countries need to do what Trump wanted and increase their military capacity so that we don't have to carry the majority of military burden. Lets see what happens when they have to divert their money from "free" healthcare and all the other programs that supposedly makes them morally superior. NATO countries in Europe need to understand how badly they screwed up over the decades as they watched threats around them building and did nothing.

As for the question, there's no way we should consider going into any size of military conflict at this moment in time. When I was watching Biden's SOTU address, all I could think about was those 3 people on the screen and how completely screwed we are. What Biden did in Afghanistan should be enough to convince conscious people that military strategy is not something he should be allowed to be a part of. When I look at second and third in line, I feel even more sick to my stomach that they are the backups.

I'm pretty sure NATO countries are just as worried about our inept leadership as I am, so counting on the US to be the usual leader in a conflict is off the table.

Our founding fathers warned us about entangling alliances. Do we really want to stay in NATO when so many of the nations refuse to keep up their defense spending? I don't have an answer for that.

I was shocked by recent polls suggesting that America establish a no-fly zone for Russians over Ukraine. 75% of Americans wanted this. That would be a huge undertaking that would escalate the war with Putin. I think it is a bad idea.

Rick wrote: That's a tough question for sure. One thing I know for a fact is that all NATO countries need to do what Trump wanted and increase their military capacity so that we don't have to carry the majority of military burden. Lets see what happens when they have to divert their money from "free" healthcare and all the other programs that supposedly makes them morally superior. NATO countries in Europe need to understand how badly they screwed up over the decades as they watched threats around them building and did nothing.

As for the question, there's no way we should consider going into any size of military conflict at this moment in time. When I was watching Biden's SOTU address, all I could think about was those 3 people on the screen and how completely screwed we are. What Biden did in Afghanistan should be enough to convince conscious people that military strategy is not something he should be allowed to be a part of. When I look at second and third in line, I feel even more sick to my stomach that they are the backups.

I'm pretty sure NATO countries are just as worried about our inept leadership as I am, so counting on the US to be the usual leader in a conflict is off the table.

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NOT AS CONCERNED as having the sociopath,egomaniac,erratic previous leader....TRULY there was a BIG BREATHLESS sign of relief when THAT individual left the scene.

A breath of relief from dictators like Xi and Putin who knew that Biden would be a weak commander in chief who first big policy decision was to retreat from Afghanistan. They knew Biden has decades of making poor choices on foreign and domestic affairs. One of the weakest VP's until Kamala Harris.

homeagain wrote:

Rick wrote: That's a tough question for sure. One thing I know for a fact is that all NATO countries need to do what Trump wanted and increase their military capacity so that we don't have to carry the majority of military burden. Lets see what happens when they have to divert their money from "free" healthcare and all the other programs that supposedly makes them morally superior. NATO countries in Europe need to understand how badly they screwed up over the decades as they watched threats around them building and did nothing.

As for the question, there's no way we should consider going into any size of military conflict at this moment in time. When I was watching Biden's SOTU address, all I could think about was those 3 people on the screen and how completely screwed we are. What Biden did in Afghanistan should be enough to convince conscious people that military strategy is not something he should be allowed to be a part of. When I look at second and third in line, I feel even more sick to my stomach that they are the backups.

I'm pretty sure NATO countries are just as worried about our inept leadership as I am, so counting on the US to be the usual leader in a conflict is off the table.

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NOT AS CONCERNED as having the sociopath,egomaniac,erratic previous leader....TRULY there was a BIG BREATHLESS sign of relief when THAT individual left the scene.

Yet no wars were started and peace deals were made. I'll take that over a weak POS that can barely find the restroom by himself.

Should America go to war with Russia? We already are. We have a new program where we sell Poland fighter Jets if they give their old Soviet combat aircraft to Ukraine.

Slo Joe has accomplished something that Trump was not able to: Germany is significantly increasing its contribution to NATO.

www.nysun.com/article/a-negotiated-peace...from-ukraines-ordeal

" Germany “has announced its return to its rightful role as Europe’s leading partner but in a positive and collegial context, and the long-festering issue of what would happen to the former republics of the U.S.S.R. will be substantially answered satisfactorily.”

How did that work out for Poland, the Baltic states, etc?