| ▲ | vonnik 10 hours ago |
| The ongoing Ukraine war is what prevents these countries from
being invaded now. Winning that war by destroying Russia’s ability to produce conventional weapons, and exhausting its supply of military age men, will protect these countries and NATO for at least a decade. Which is time Europe needs to prepare. |
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| ▲ | Retric 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| NATO would already crush Russia in a purely conventional war several times over. However, posturing can be a lot cheaper than conflict. |
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| ▲ | mathgeek 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Unfortunately it takes both (all?) sides to keep a war conventional. | | | |
| ▲ | Yeul 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | We know that England and France would have crushed Hitler in 1937. Sadly war is influenced by politics and when people want peace at any price dictators can get away with setting the world on fire. | |
| ▲ | rayrey 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | With the new Trump admin, it would seem more feasible for Russia to go nuclear early. Unless the UK and France decide to step in, I doubt the the US nuclear umbrella would be in effect after 1/20 | |
| ▲ | Ylpertnodi 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | >NATO would already crush Russia in a purely conventional war several times over. However, .....no nato country (or alliance therein) wants to deal with the shitshow that would follow, immediately- or longterm, afterwards. |
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| ▲ | pessimizer 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > The ongoing Ukraine war is what prevents these countries from being invaded now. What prevented them from being invaded before the Ukraine war? |
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