So what send a strongly worded letter to Putin? go to the UN? or what some chicken hawks want on FR, threaten Putin with military action? You ready to start a World War over the Crimea? History including the US is about territorial expansion, borders change, some changes are precipitated by force. See Mexican American War..damn similar to this. Not saying Putin is not a total tool, but we are in no shape to act all puffed up about ourselves when it comes to our military capabilities. Not everything is Hitler and 1939. Some of the same talk I am sure we heard in 1953-1964 when it relates to Vietnam...I don't buy the media lies and zealots on both sides. they love to send other parent's kids over to fight in wars for paranoid fantasies.
It is unfortunate when political debate and discussion descend into logical fallacies such as false dilemma and become personal attacks
There are many more options to respond to Putin than “do nothing” or “go to war”
Some posters here may have good ideas
I look forward to reading and discussing with them
Have a good day
“History including the US is about territorial expansion, borders change, some changes are precipitated by force. See Mexican American War..”
This does not compare with the Mexican - American war. The Ukrainian Army has not assaulted a Russian outpost or base. The Mexican-American war was started by a Mexican Army attack on a US outpost. They lost and agreed to giving up territory to settle it. Otherwise Mexico would be a bunch of US states as the US Army occupied most of north and central Mexico at the time. That is the “territorial expansion” that occurred in the Mexican - American war.
And Happy Texas Independence day.