Yeah, I guess you could go within the 12 mile limit and drop mines from the air to block the entrances to Russian harbors. I can’t see what could possibly go wrong? Any other bright ideas?
Thank you for replying. It seems discouraging that we spend 10 times what the Russians do on defense yet seem severely limited in what we can do in a proxy war with them because of their nuke threats. What are we getting for that defense budget? Is it corruptly diverted or mis applied? We seem poorly served by our choices here financially. If Russias and others nukes threats really negate our options then the lesson to Iran and others is to develop their own nukes at any cost to negate our influence. This assumes our influence is benevolent and righteous. If it is not due to lies and corruption then reality is worse than I feared.
Many things can possibly go wrong in life and the answer is not to refuse to get out of bed in the morning out if fear of what is. That said, deliberately being reckless isn’t wise either. Fortune favors the bold and life itself is a gamble. Do we have a dog in the Ukraine fight worth existential level gamesmanship to the brink of thermonuclear war? How would you counter Russias moves in Ukraine effectively? What we are publicly doing isn’t going to lead to Russia withdrawing. Do you believe there are things going on by us out of view that will force Russia to withdraw? Ever?