An island nation alone, Churchill begged FDR for troops, more supplies but could not act until provoked. FDR wanted badly to help but his hands were tied
I don’t think it’s Putin’s threat of nuclear war, that keeps us from acting, and President Biden as much as said so. 2 things, one, we cannot act alone in this, we have to act with all of NATO and the E.U. the E.U. is not willing yet, but is preparing. We, being all of NATO are using this time judiciously to train, reinforce and prepare ppl for the prospect of a war. If it comes, NATO will bury Russia and the Putin era will end..and putin knows this, so he threatens. That’s all he’s got when it comes to war against NATO.
Being the vain small man he is just like the tfg, he cares very deeply about his image and how he will be viewed. Here in lies his conundrum, if he withdraws without a win, in his mind he will be seen as weak. If he uses nukes, he knows he will be forever hated by the world, so he ignores the situation and pushes forward with his mythical dream of Russia the great and powerful empire. He really is living in an alternate reality. Just like Hitler...or Stalin, his personal hero.
Secondly, President Biden at this point has the hearts and minds of the American ppl and even some gqp politicians. If he were to press for this and it ended badly..OMFG they would bury him and all Dems saying he directly caused WWIII. To say nothing of how Putin, possibly his oligarchs and maybe even China would ramp it up claiming the west really is the aggressor, and, play right into Putin’s hand. JMHO: I wouldn’t be surprised if some incursion by some Russian pilot or Chechen thugs doesn’t bring an attack at the border of a NATO nation therefore invoking article 5
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