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Originally Posted by Kabaal
Let's just say Russia decides to take all of the Ukraine by force. What are we in Europe or the US going to do about it? Anything involving the military has the possibility of escalating to a full on war with Russia and that's not a war that anyone will win. All sides would lose. It's all well and good going on about how ineffective this or that is but at the end of the day rolling over is the only sensible option, at least for now, IMO.
The Chinese government must be rubbing their hands right now. They've politically distanced themselves from Russia during all of this and worst case scenario they have the capability to mop up after the fact.
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I don't think attempting to take the rest of Ukraine by military force is an option for Putin. The consequences at home and abroad are too high a price to pay. Poltical destabilisation will be his modus operandi, as it has been doing since the orange revolution.
What will be interesting is whether or not the Americans will cease to restrain the Saudis (via the CIA) from funding and cultivating Chechen separatists/terrorists.