Poll: what should the US and allies do if Russia invades Ukraine?

What should the US and its allies do if Russia invades Ukraine?

  • Nothing

    Votes: 34 47.9%

  • Immediate invite to Finland and Sweden to join NATO

    Votes: 13 18.3%

  • Offer military support to Ukraine

    Votes: 14 19.7%

  • Deploy US forces to the area to be a buffer

    Votes: 3 4.2%

  • Cyber attack the heck out of Russia

    Votes: 7 9.9%

  • Cut off all economic ties to Russia

    Votes: 12 16.9%

  • Cut off select economic ties to Russia

    Votes: 18 25.4%
  • Total voters
    71
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lawgator1

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You can choose more than one answer.

Mods, feel free to merge if you'd like but kind of hoping it stays stand alone since it's a poll.
 
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lawgator1 said:
You can choose more than one answer.

Mods, feel free to merge if you'd like but kind of hoping it stays stand alone since it's a poll.
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Speaking of which what measures have been implemented against Russia for the election interference?
 
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Nothing. I was going to select the option to expand NATO, but realized that would mean the US would shoulder all the heavy lifting should a defense of the treaty become necessary. Obviously, WW III needs to be avoided, but this is ultimately a regional, European problem and Europe should deal with it.
 
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MG1968 said:
Nothing. I was going to select the option to expand NATO, but realized that would mean the US would shoulder all the heavy lifting should a defense of the treaty become necessary. Obviously, WW III needs to be avoided, but this is ultimately a regional, European problem and Europe should deal with it.
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I agree, but we have to differentiate NATO and EU. Those nasty entangled alliances we were warned.
 
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Cutting off economic ties is such a non issue. as we have little economic activity. Do we sanction foreign national companies and gov that continue to work with Russia...like Germany...What a rabbit hole.

I just sleep better knowing Biden is leading this..
 
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Orangeburst said:
Cutting off economic ties is such a non issue. as we have little economic activity. Do we sanction foreign national companies and gov that continue to work with Russia...like Germany...What a rabbit hole.

I just sleep better knowing Biden is leading this..
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Germany is a whore nation that will sell its sister to sell some piece of industrial equipment to any country that can pay in cash. I hated dealing with those arrogant bastards, they thought Americans were stupid and they could do no wrong. When we bought some of their crap, we always had to wait until the first year was up to fix it once the warranty was up. With American companies, it was yeah, we can fix that.
 
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VolStrom said:
Germany is a whore nation that will sell its sister to sell some piece of industrial equipment to any country that can pay in cash. I hated dealing with those arrogant bastards, they thought Americans were stupid and they could do no wrong. When we bought some of their crap, we always had to wait until the first year was up to fix it once the warranty was up. With American companies, it was yeah, we can fix that.
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Same experience representing Euro Belgium, basically same thing. Arrogant pricks. Never will forget speaking with an EO of the manufacturer at a national distributor meeting in Houston and he told me how excited he was to go to China the following days..that just hit me wrong on the customer service and arrogance already exhibited.
 
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Pepe_Silvia said:
Rather, we have people who recognize the disastrous nature of America's interventionist policies and don't want to get pulled into Europe's petty squabbles. Let the Europeans take care of their own business for a change.
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Not that I disagree, but it would be a more legit reply if it did not completely ignore that fact that we do have us some Russia lovers in here.
 
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Sanctions and then arm and support the Ukrainian insurgency that will form in the occupied territories.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I went with invite Finland and Sweden. And select sanctions.
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What are Finland and Sweden going to do? Neither can add much in terms of manpower or armament. Sweden has plenty of domestic problems from unchecked immigration, I doubt they’re interested in pitching in on another dustup.
 
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Burhead said:
Sanctions and then arm and support the Ukrainian insurgency that will form in the occupied territories.
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Yeah, worked out well for us in Afghanistan... Insurgencies do little more than inflate budgets and keep defense contractors in a job.

Furthermore, would you really want the current crop of military officers selecting "training criteria" for an insurgency? They'd be more likely to teach diversity and inclusion rather than combat skills.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Yeah, worked out well for us in Afghanistan... Insurgencies do little more than inflate budgets and keep defense contractors in a job.

Furthermore, would you really want the current crop of military officers selecting "training criteria" for an insurgency? They'd be more likely to teach diversity and inclusion rather than combat skills.
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At least the Russians already did their Tranny Phase, using Olympic athletes in the 70s and 80s.
 
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