[buwaya]

Thread on this last night.
This is very dangerous.
Either Erdogan blinks or Putin does.
If neither then it breaks loose.
Europe will do nothing.
Obama probably won’t either.
It’s really not clear who is stronger in this. Turkey is powerful locally and if they fight the Russians the Turkish people will be on board. The Russians have maybe a minor tech edge but major logistics problems.
Kurds, Iraqis, Iranians, Saudis can all get drawn in.
Ugly ugly ugly
This is the general war everyone worried about.

[Resolute Conservative]

Russia will prevail. They learn lessons in Afghanistan they won’t repeat, like limited ROE’s. If all arabs join in watch Russia go big or go home.

[SunStar]

Turkey is powerful locally and if they fight the Russians the Turkish people will be on board.

The problem for us will come if Turkey invokes the NATO charter requiring other member nations to come to its defense.

[Kudsman]

The Russians have maybe a minor tech edge but major logistics problems.

Well it just so happens the good ole US of A is pretty darn good at that sort of thing. We did it before. Can do it again. Lend Lease 2 anyone? Be a boon to our manufacturing sector as well I'd imagine. I hope it doesn't get that far, but if it does all is not lost.