Quote from: Hubbs on Mar 03, 2014, 06:36:51 AM
Quote from: Crazy Rich on Mar 03, 2014, 06:26:09 AM
Maybe Russia will reconsider their actions due to the ever growing global outcry.
Of course their leader is ex-KGB so I'm not that optimistic.
But isn't everybody scared of Russia these days hehe America thinks they are king of the world but really its probably Russia.
Russia sometimes takes advantage of our lost of taste for war that has developed more over time since WW1 arguably. The U.S can't just rush in, though it has the capacity, because it would risk nuclear war, and no one wants that. The U.S is therefore more reserved than it gets credit for. This kind of thing wasn't unheard of in the Cold War, Soviets invade, NATO just uses words to criticize them. But the reason there is such a huge global outcry is because this ain't the Cold War anymore, they should know better than that by now.
If you look at the Crimean War though, that was a time when the Russian Empire (much bigger place then) invaded Turkey. The result, Russia was defeated by an alliance of nations, the French Empire, Ottoman Empire, British Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia as well as legions of Germans, Swiss and Slovakians. Of course at this time you didn't need to worry about nukes.
Today we have Canada, the U.S, the U.K, Japan, France, Germany and Italy taking action against Russia together. There are no plans for military action, but at the same they are going to at least take actions that be a big thorn in Russia's economic side. In a world that is so connected, being isolated isn't a good thing... especially after just hosting the most expensive winter Olympics in history ($50 billion).
Also, Georgia is different, because Georgia attacked somebody else first with military force. Ukraine on the other hand is just trying to solve it's own political issues diplomatically.
