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Originally Posted by Seahawk
Ukraine will stay Russian because that is where the significant warm water ports are.
There is nothing we can or should do about it. The best thing for this administration to do at this point is recognize we have severely limited options while Putin has all the motivation and will power, plus troops, a capable Navy, and air defenses: Then keep quiet, draw zero lines.
No other country believes this administration anyway, why lose yet more stature.
There is, let me repeat, short of missiles, either T-Hawks or conventional air launched weapons, no conventional warfare options.
For the UAS fans, the Predator is a grape in the air, easy pickings. No indictment on this administration: It just isn't our fight for all the right logistical, Geo-political and command reasons.
This is a lose-lose.
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This is a clear-headed picture of the tactical situation, and part of the strategic situation. The U.S. national interests in the Ukraine are very small. Bloviating about it won't change that, nor will it make the case that this is just a stepping stone on the way to total European hegemony. Even if there were strong U.S. interests there, your analysis of the tactical situation would give anyone with any passing knowledge of force projection pause about how to accomplish any sort of military goals. That's aside from any repercussions of having done so.
Gobbling up Ukraine before it becomes an EU member state is smart. The mob forced that hand - Putin had it all under control behind the scenes, until the population decided it didn't like his hand up their president's backside. Well, if you can't get what you want by slick moves, brute force works, too.