Originally Posted by
Mesabah
Any form of conflict here would instantly destroy the European economy. Putin knows there is no solution here, that's why he did it.
Exactly. He will take the entire country and there is nothing the US or NATO will or can do militarily.
The questions now are:
1) Will economic isolation have any effect?
2) Will the rest of the world join in?
Unfortunately I see a situation where this will slowly be forgotten, the Europeans will want their cheap gas from the world's "Old Gas Station," and Ukraine will be forgotten.
And on the next former Soviet satellite.