Quote Originally Posted by lardy View Post
Europe's goal for 70+ years has been to avoid war at all costs. Putin is taking full advantage of that, knowing this is Europe's bottom line. And he is ready for war now, Europe isn't.

Declaring war on a nuclear state is a no turning back decision. Things will never be the same again. It's really not as simple as sitting back and watching, or 'so be it'.
70 odd yrs of avoiding war at all costs is commendable, but we are now faced with this situation.
Nuclear weapons are a deterrent to a certain extent, but it now appears that it also gives countries that possess them, the green light to brutally invade a neighbours land with little or no consequences.
Certain sanctions may put the squeeze on Putin, but they aren’t much help to the the 100’s of thousands of Ukrainians that are going to perish in the coming months.