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Why don't we do more?

Folks there is a very simple reason the United States and NATO have not gotten involved militarily in Ukraine. I completely support the Ukranian people and I support supplying them with weapons and money but putting troops on the ground would cause a nuclear war. It is very apparent from reading his speeches that Vladimir Putin is completely unhinged and he would launch the nukes if we actually put troops in Ukraine, in a matter of hours nearly 100 million people would die. Millions more would die within a few years from radiation poisoning, cancer and the ensuing famine caused by the nuclear winter. So we cannot do much more than hit him with sanctions. I do agree we need to cut off the oil and gas trade with him but unfortunately it is winter and Europe gets nearly all of their heating oil and gas from Russia so they really can't cut it off completely until they can secure another source without causing thousands to potentially freeze to death. Unfortunately the really scary part is that he won't stop at Ukraine, unless we can convince Finland and Sweden to join NATO quickly he will go after them next, before turning his attention to countries to his south. I don't think he will attack a NATO member because let's face it that would be suicide. Unless he is sick and dying and has decided to go out in a blaze of glory.
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gol979 · 41-45, M
Youve got to be as unhinged as you think putin is to think that nukes will be used....its just another tool to try and create global fear. How many times are we going to fall for war propaganda??
@gol979 Yeah and a lot of people on this website said Putin was just making threats when he massed his troops on the Ukranian border, they said he would never actually invade Ukraine, then they said "well he will only take a small portion where the rebels are" so now he is bombing Kyiv and various other major cities, targeting civilians and killing thousands. The man may or may not be crazy, he may or may not be sick but he would happily use the nuclear weapons if he felt he could not win. He has put himself in an all or nothing situation.