Quote Originally Posted by Monster munch View Post
No I get that. It is a very tricky one for sure now….but My frustration is the build up has been happening for months and the threat of sanctions and all that jazz just wasn’t going to work.
I understand Ukraine isn’t part of NATO so clearly not covered by article 5 however Biden and Co have been saying for months that he’s going to invade, they knew it.
So why wasn’t force threatened that if a sovereign nation, part of Europe if invaded will be met by force by the international community rather than sanctions which could take months.
Putin is done now. Even China is on the 50/50 and they normally back him with everything.
Well both America and Britain in the past have not been backward in coming forwards when it comes to foreign policy

But this is Russia

2014 was the beginning of troop and armament movements

Plenty of time was available before any conflict to put arms and boots and tanks in Ukraine.

But all that's happened is a small donation in real terms of any concrete military support .

It's a plague on all their houses really .