[srmanuel]

Perhaps it will, Russia isn’t the Taliban or Al Qaeda, they have a diverse military with all the necessary countermeasures to dole out punishment.

Americans are used to the casualty number from the war in Afghanistan or Iraq, if hundreds of Americans are getting killed every day, the public will turn on Biden immediately.

I think it’s a false notion to think we could roll over Russia like we did Iraq in the first and second gulf wars, Russia is much more capable and willing to fight back.

[dfwgator]

I think it’s a false notion to think we could roll over Russia like we did Iraq in the first and second gulf wars, Russia is much more capable and willing to fight back.

Ain't gonna be no "we", because war with Russia means Civil War here.

[Vermont Lt]

What are you people drinking? This morning I’ve read how everyone in the west lusts after Russia and now you are saying the West thinks it will roll over Russia.

No one is saying either of those things.

Take a cold shower and cool off. Your propaganda is causing you to be delusional. No one wants Russia. It’s not that pretty.

[jmacusa]

While like a bull in a china shop Russia can do plenty of damage.

But in reality the war in Ukraine should have shown the Russians cannot do combined arms very well, their rather lousy air force has disappeared from the skies, it’s navy has been chased back to port, it’s soldiers rip out the silver and copper wire of their tanks and vehicles and often sell their own weapons to buy vodka so they can stay drunk.

This is no army. It’s a bunch of bums with guns.

[Svartalfiar]

I think it’s a false notion to think we could roll over Russia like we did Iraq in the first and second gulf wars, Russia is much more capable and willing to fight back.

Russia is barely beating Ukraine, and only because they've had two-plus years to run their zerg rushes. They can barely push 200 mi outside their borders. They have one carrier that currently can't even run helicopter operations, much less even get out of the harbor. You really think they'd pose any kind of serious threat to these US? She's a very local land power, that's it.