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edhopper

(37,379 posts) Sat Mar 1, 2014, 11:07 AM Mar 2014

What do we do if Russia invades Ukraine? [View all]

I am not sure what our response should be. On the one hand i don't think we can sit by and let Russia invade and occupy another sovereign country (yeah I know our track record is poor on this one).
But I don't think we should start WWIII. But I also think Putin fully intends to install a pro-Russian government in the Ukraine.
It is a very narrow diplomatic tightrope we walk.
What do you think Obama's response should be.

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"i don't think we can sit by and let Russia invade and occupy" jberryhill Mar 2014 #1

The United States. edhopper Mar 2014 #3

They in Russia are, I believe, Russians jberryhill Mar 2014 #110

But but but ...there are WMD's in the Ukraine. We don't want to wait for the mushroom cloud. L0oniX Mar 2014 #42

Probably not much. Adrahil Mar 2014 #2

Your post is spot on 30cal Mar 2014 #92

Same as we did in the last Administration: invade Iraq, of course! randome Mar 2014 #4

Best response ever, randome! Glorfindel Mar 2014 #10

Or Afghanistan. Russians had already been there, done that, got the Go Home T-shirt. libdem4life Mar 2014 #61

Absolutely.... no1uno Mar 2014 #101

A mild public rebuke. Let Russia get bogged down all by itself. Glorfindel Mar 2014 #5

Except Russia has not been handling the situation. randome Mar 2014 #13

So that treaty we signed in '94 is meaningless? Adrahil Mar 2014 #64

There will be no "bogged down." Igel Mar 2014 #86

You're right, of course...Ukraine is not Afghanistan Glorfindel Mar 2014 #103

Same as they did when we invaded Iraq and Afghanistan elehhhhna Mar 2014 #6

Good answer. libdem4life Mar 2014 #62

We will take Venezuela FarCenter Mar 2014 #7

No troops. Send in all of those "well regulated" militia's instead. JaneyVee Mar 2014 #8

Ted Nugent and Chuck Norris should be able to handle the situation fine by themselves. randome Mar 2014 #20

Blame Obama. earthside Mar 2014 #9

Oh, sweet Jesus, I hadn't even thought about that Nevernose Mar 2014 #27

They are doing that already. Mz Pip Mar 2014 #96

Nothing. This is Russia's step, not ours..n/t monmouth3 Mar 2014 #11

I don't know. We're going to have to leave that MineralMan Mar 2014 #12

Strongly worded disapproval. and that's it. cali Mar 2014 #14

The Ukraine only had 1 of the 1%. Did ya see that palace he lived in? L0oniX Mar 2014 #44

Stay the F out of it! tech3149 Mar 2014 #15

That was why I was terrified about the proposal at the time exboyfil Mar 2014 #79

Do? 1awake Mar 2014 #16

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. LisaL Mar 2014 #17

THIS is the main reason the UN was formed...they...NOT the US should respond. Drew Richards Mar 2014 #18

Russia has a seat on the security council and will veto any measure. If anything it will probably okaawhatever Mar 2014 #46

And why should he care about having NATO on his doorstep? randome Mar 2014 #51

No, the UN declining to take action does not mean it's "left to NATO". Scuba Mar 2014 #52

Who will it be left to then? nt okaawhatever Mar 2014 #65

The Ukranians. Scuba Mar 2014 #67

This is just idle speculation edhopper Mar 2014 #19

No B2G Mar 2014 #21

He spent $50 billion to make Sochi edhopper Mar 2014 #26

Clearly you didn't speak with athletes malaise Mar 2014 #32

You're wrong about Sochi. Despite the initial press feeding frenzy, the games Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #34

He and his cronies stole most of that money. alarimer Mar 2014 #63

Animals roaming the halls of hotels? LisaL Mar 2014 #69

the wolf in the halls was nate night TV RedstDem Mar 2014 #84

And grain. Ukraine is the breadbasket over there; 3rd largest exporter of grain in the world. DebJ Mar 2014 #93

He's pretty embarrassed about the Ukraine situation, actually. TwilightGardener Mar 2014 #33

Okay edhopper Mar 2014 #39

Putin would be invading Canada. After all, they were the ones who took the "big one" okaawhatever Mar 2014 #47

LOL! Nnnnnnope. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2014 #81

There isn't much we can do. LuvNewcastle Mar 2014 #22

Nothing military but alot ecconomically and geopolitically PFunk Mar 2014 #23

Not a damn thing. HappyMe Mar 2014 #24

Russia has a seat on the security council. They can block just about any measures. It will okaawhatever Mar 2014 #48

Well, it does give Obama an opportunity to be the worst president in U.S. history, if he quinnox Mar 2014 #25

Agree...n/t KoKo Mar 2014 #107

We'll do two things. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2014 #28

True! A good bottle of 'Jack Daniels' goes a long way toward solving any problem! randome Mar 2014 #30

Not a damn thing seveneyes Mar 2014 #29

More thoughts: MineralMan Mar 2014 #31

The majority are not ethnically Russian. Only 17% are ethnically Russian. More than that speak okaawhatever Mar 2014 #49

The Crimea is part of Ukraine. MineralMan Mar 2014 #54

the Crimean penninsula was only made part of the Ukraine SSR in 1954 independentpiney Mar 2014 #73

Western Ukraine was absorbed after WW II FarCenter Mar 2014 #85

The areas you mention in your first two paragraphs Jenoch Mar 2014 #104

Rural areas and small villages may have been Ukranian FarCenter Mar 2014 #105

I was in Moldova in 1999 and the people I worked Jenoch Mar 2014 #106

Nothing. We are not the world police as hard as it is to Cleita Mar 2014 #35

"Cold War" ...don't make the NSA laugh. L0oniX Mar 2014 #38

I absolutely trust Putin to do the right thing Nevernose Mar 2014 #36

It's not up to us to do anything. Who made us the world police? L0oniX Mar 2014 #37

It's a grave threat to world peace that calls for an immediate weapons embargo or something jsr Mar 2014 #40

We could start by ceasing to try to push NATO to Putin's doorstep. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #41

In the long-term, however, it's in everyone's best interests to have a more united world. randome Mar 2014 #43

I know of about 5 billion people that strongly disagree with that. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #45

Oh, I agree we have no moral claim to anything outside our borders. randome Mar 2014 #50

I agree with your general point. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #55

You may be more well-versed in the political realities than I am. randome Mar 2014 #66

If you idea is for the world to become more united mazzarro Mar 2014 #78

The veto powers should be eliminated, I agree. randome Mar 2014 #91

Democracy didn't win, our version of capitalism did over their state capitalism TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #77

But the best aspects of Democracy still inspire others. randome Mar 2014 #94

Thank our lucky stars George W. Bush is out of office. gulliver Mar 2014 #53

Nothing. Ukraine is clearly in their sphere of influence LittleBlue Mar 2014 #56

Withdraw all diplomatic personnel from Russia, for starters. alarimer Mar 2014 #57

Steal and hide Obama's comfortable cowboy boots. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #58

Posture, whine, and not much else is my guess. bemildred Mar 2014 #59

Probably not much now elfin Mar 2014 #60

I call it the re-purposed Manifest Destiny now Global Manifest Destiny. That might be troubling libdem4life Mar 2014 #76

"and the Crimea is felt to be crucial to Russia's need for a warm water port." EX500rider Mar 2014 #82

The warm water port idea driving Russia elfin Mar 2014 #98

Strongly worded letter TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #68

What did we do in 2008 when Russia and Georgia fought over S. Ossetia & Abkhazia ? kenny blankenship Mar 2014 #70

My sentiments exactly exboyfil Mar 2014 #80

What can we do? nilesobek Mar 2014 #71

Give the Ukraine back its nuclear weapons that it gave up in kiranon Mar 2014 #100

Get with the other G8 members and skip summit, deny trade agreements that Russia has asked for davidn3600 Mar 2014 #72

I guess Putin is trying to get back the USSR Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2014 #74

Stay out of it. bigwillq Mar 2014 #75

Every time a conflict has appeared the last several years Jazzgirl Mar 2014 #83

I plan on buying lots of beer and popcorn. AAO Mar 2014 #87

Start the Cold War over again? enlightenment Mar 2014 #88

We get blamed for it all treestar Mar 2014 #89

If ? it's already happened 30cal Mar 2014 #90

Keep pushing the Swiss and other safe money states to freeze suspect accounts. msanthrope Mar 2014 #95

Reason with both parties to the full extent of our abilities and call for a ceasefire. another_liberal Mar 2014 #97

You do know Crimea is Ukraine don't you? DevonRex Mar 2014 #99

Nothing. Its none of our business. bowens43 Mar 2014 #102

Put every Russian in a torture camp? Arrest all war protesters as "terrorists"? Corruption Inc Mar 2014 #108

Party like it's 1999 postatomic Mar 2014 #109