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Happy Hoosier

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6. I really, REALLY doubt it.

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 09:46 AM

Mar 2025

If I have one complaint about Biden is that he was too risk averse in dealing with Russia.

IMO, this was Putin's gambit to see how far he can go without provoking a direct response from NATO. His answer? Pretty damned far. If Biden had announced that US forces would provide an air umbrella over Ukraine and that security forces could possibly follow, I think it would have changed the tenor of the war early. I doubt Putin would pull the trigger on a nuclear reponse for the sake of that, because he KNOWS where that leads. That's just a suicide move. He would have, IMO, withdrawn and kept his powder dry for a better opportunity.

AS it is, our approach resulted in a lot of death and a stalemate. How does that help anyone? Except Trump?

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I wonder do President Biden and Jake Sullivan regret forcing Ukraine to fight with one hand tied behind their back ? [View all] OnDoutside Mar 2025 OP

a rapid escalation might have pushed Russia to use nukes lapfog_1 Mar 2025 #1

I could see that boiling frog early on, and I tended to agree with it. However OnDoutside Mar 2025 #4

I really, REALLY doubt it. Happy Hoosier Mar 2025 #6

Post removed Post removed Mar 2025 #2

The same General Westmorland "light at the end of the tunnel" bullshit. There was a real risk of Putin deploying JohnSJ Mar 2025 #3

I'd agree with you certainly for the first year, but after that even Putin could see how weak Russia was, fighting a OnDoutside Mar 2025 #5

sorry, but I don't buy the Curtis E. Lemay talk that during the Cuban Missiles, that was our chance to put an end to JohnSJ Mar 2025 #8

No one is talking about putting an end to Russia once and for all, but rather doing what the Cold War did economically OnDoutside Mar 2025 #12

I see exactly zero evidence Putin would have used nukes. Happy Hoosier Mar 2025 #7

........... JohnSJ Mar 2025 #13

And you don't see that as saber rattling? Happy Hoosier Mar 2025 #14

The Cuban missile crisis was barely averted with the help of JohnSJ Mar 2025 #15

I know the US no matter who is President is willing to do more for countries AZProgressive Mar 2025 #9

Yes, it's all Biden's fault. maxsolomon Mar 2025 #10

and Jake Sullivan OnDoutside Mar 2025 #11