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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because he’s worried Putin will be emboldened to attack a NATO country, in which case we would have no choice but to get involved.[/quote]

This is the saddest thing I have read. So we literally would not be able to get out of going to war? Is there any slim chance, loophole, etc?[/quote]

Sure.  NATO could just allow itself to be attacked and not respond and hope that Putin didn’t attack again.

You think that would be a good idea?

I don’t. [/quote]
DP. I don’t think Putin wants or plans to attack NATO counties. 
Not yet, at least.
I think the best way to avoid WW3 is to stop sending weapons to Ukraine (I know it sounds heartless but unfortunately I don’t see a way to win for the Ukraine, it’s only delaying the inevitable). 
I hope I am wrong though. [/quote]

You are wrong.  If the west (and not just the US but Poland, Lithuania, etc.) didn’t want to supply weapons to Ukraine, Putin could physically occupy Ukraine but he could never subjugate it.  He has already stated that Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, etc. also belong back in the Russian Federation.   Something like 75-85% of Russians are OK with Putin invading Poland.  That would surely be WW3.

Zelensky also knows that without air defense, i.e. a way to protect Putin from simply broadly shelling Ukrainian cities, the Russian offensive will continue as long as Putin has bombs.  The Ukrainians might be able to fight Russia to a standstill on the ground and even push them back, but Putin can still bomb Ukraine from Russian soil. As Putin loses on the ground, he is more and more likely to strike to draw NATO in - in fact, he will have to do this because otherwise he will not only lose the war but he will lose his grip on power and maybe even his head or his freedom.   Putin does not care if all of Russia suffers as long as he can maintain power and he has only been able to do that by provoking NATO so that Russians patriotically rush to Putin’s side in fighting the aggressor.

If he strikes first at NATO, it will be at weapon supplies inside NATO countries or at NATO troops that have been re-positioned closer to the border after the Ukraine invasion in order to protect eastern flank NATO countries.   He will argue these pose a threat to Russia even though they have never. een used on Russian soil.

What Zelensky means by a failure to properly arm and defend Ukraine ensures WW3. [/quote]
By “wrong” I meant I hope there’s a chance that Ukraine wins.
If it signed the Russian memorandum the bombing would stop. Yes Ukrainian leadership would have to go to exile, there would be resistance on the ground, but at least no physical danger to NATO counties. Putin is already weakened by the war. It will take a while for him to go to war and hopefully he would never get to it at all. 
I know it sounds cynical but by arming Ukraine NATO puts itself in harm’s way. [/quote]

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