NYT- President Biden considering sending thousands of troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics

[Ferguson97]

We should withdraw from NATO, yes. Our own country is on the verge of collapse, we're having supply shortages, on the verge of food shortages, and our healthcare system is a mess.

And leaving NATO would fix these problems... how exactly?

[Ferguson97]

Neither the US nor Russia would be dumb enough to strike first, so nuclear war is off the table and all of the "concerns" about it are either phony or uninformed.

[Ferguson97]

I don't know why people are acting like our only two options are "do nothing lol" and nuclear war.

[Ferguson97]

I don't know how to make this any more clear

Biden and Putin both know nuclear war will lead to the end of life on earth. Neither Biden nor Putin want a ground war because they know it will lead to nuclear war, which neither of them want.

Even if the event of a ground war (which will not happen), it would not escalate into a nuclear war. Both Putin and Biden are rational actors and understand the concept of mutually-assured destruction.

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1485564510861594624

[Ferguson97]

If Putin is eliminated, at least the head of be snake will be cut off. Additionally, the Russian people will view Putin negatively if a war with Russia leads to this outcome and will call for peace with the US and NATO.

POV: you have zero understanding of Russia's politics

[Ferguson97]

Biden is about to drag us into the 3rd World War and red avatars talking about technicalities lmao

Putin is a genocidal murderer who needs to go. The Biden Administration needs to immediately launch military strikes against Russia to remove the Putin regime from power.

Just how, exactly, is this course of action in the best interest of the United States of America and its citizens?

By minimizing the chances of future war through deterrance?

When you're launching air strikes, you're past the point of "deterring war".  I think that the most important thing our military ought to do is deter war.  One question to ask if the worst happens here is why we were unable to deter a war that could be nothing but catastrophic.

What is your suggestion to prevent Russian invasion of Ukraine?

[Ferguson97]

The problem is that giving weapons to Ukraine is an act of provocation, with the looming prospect of becoming even further entangled in violent conflict.

Got it, so giving Ukraine the means to defend themselves = provocation

Russia invading a sovereign country = not provocation

Glad we cleared that up