Nato should show a huge military buildup

[Beachnutt]

just outside of Ukraine borders, let pooty see what he's up against...

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. You mean like they are? Nt

[Beachnutt]

2. I haven't seen or heard that they are just

the US military in Poland sending in some equipment and troops.Need a few hundred thousand Nato troops amd tanks on the Ukraine border staring at pooty

[AZSkiffyGeek]

7. Sending troops to Poland isn't sending troops to the Ukraine border?

[former9thward]

22. No, they are hundreds of miles away.

Not that I advocate sending them to the border. I don't.

[Walleye]

3. Doesn't Russia concentrating its forces in Ukraine leave it vulnerable in other places?

[Beachnutt]

4. I thought the same, most of his forces are

surrounding Ukraine.

[lagomorph777]

6. I had that thought, too. On TV they said 75% of his forces are at/in Ukraine.

That leaves a whole lot of undefended territory.

What would happen to Putin if somebody grabbed or bombed his oil and gas fields in Siberia?

[Walleye]

8. Sounds like a good idea.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

9. Hey, that's a great idea!

Let's bomb Russia! I'm sure NOTHING bad will happen then...

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

10. right...

Some of the posters here seem to forget Russia has nukes and bombing them(especially bombing a strategic asset and major component of their economy), or destroying their military buildup(that I have seen advocated for here as well) dramatically increases the chances that Russia would use them.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

11. Yep,

when a rat, ie: Putin, is cornered, it will lash out.

There is no doubt in my mind that that rat would launch if such a scenario happened.

I suspect that most who are advocating for attacking Russian forces or territory are those who have never seen war personally and have no concept of actual combat.

[ForgedCrank]

21. if someone bombed

a significant portion of the gas fields that supply the globe with energy, I don't think it would be without consequence for a lot more people than just Putin.

[sarisataka]

14. Who is going to attack Russia?

And why?

[Walleye]

15. We have a lot of forces in Alaska, we could at least start harassing them the way they do us

[sarisataka]

16. Harassing is not invading

Or putting troops on Russian soil.

We already fly our planes and sail ships close to their territorial zone, as they do to us. We are just nicer about the escorts and don't usually endanger the Russians

[roamer65]

20. Now would be a good time for China to take back Outer Manchuria.

[uponit7771]

24. +1

[Duncanpup]

5. He already understands

[Hortensis]

12. Why do you think Putin has been fighting Ukraine joining NATO,

promising to take it over if it tried?

Who are the NATO nations and who does NATO's mutual defense pact protect? In addition to deterring attack on any or all of its members, is it meant to have a deterrent effect against starting a WWIII?

Russia's been upgrading and strengthening its nuclear arsenal, as well as much of the rest of its military. As a result European nations have been also. The combined might of the NATO forces still far outweighs Russia's. But the goal is still to never have to use it.

[evilclown]

13. No war in EU

Although i do not agree with setting a stage for war in Europe. Putin needs to be put on defense maybe we should kick Russia out of the western hemisphere. Remind him of the Monroe doctrine and our historical connection with Cuba and Venezuela.

[GP6971]

17. Hi evilclown.

I would normally welcome you to DU, but your account is almost 20 years old so you must have lurked for the years. But nevertheless, welcome to DU posting with your first post.

I'm just curious...how did you keep your account active through the different upgrades to DU...the original DU, DU2 and now DU3 plus the infamous hack of 2016? Quite an achievement!

[Mr.Bill]

18. I know we won't do this,

but attack him where he least expects it. Crimea. Make him use much of his military to defend the part of Ukraine he already occupies.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

19. NATO is not going to attack Russian forces, that will never happen

[Poiuyt]

23. Ukraine isn't a member state of NATO

There's no obligation for NATO states to stand up to Russia. That doesn't mean they shouldn't or won't.