Quote Originally Posted by Neo
He has a formidable army, and will probably win an outright conflict.. eventually.
Against Ukraine certainly (not against the USA) but they will have to pay the piper down the line for dragging the world backwards in its progress away from 19th century belligerent imperialism.

Quote Originally Posted by Neo
Clearly more so to Russia.
Russia has plenty of Black sea coastline. This was not a savvy and intelligent move by Putin, it was a blundering and bad-tempered reaction to coming off second best in the battle for political influence in Ukraine.

Irrelevant anyway since it does not justify the aggressive nature of the acquisition. There are plenty of other ways to open negotiations to obtain control of land you believe to be historically yours.


Quote Originally Posted by Neo
But if you were to attack Russia it would present a formidable deterrent
Who was planning to attack Russia? What century do you think this is?