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 @9FX8D3T from Virginia disagreed…6mos6MO

Ukraine was an ally before the war began, and Russia was a borderline enemy of the US. Russia was also the aggressor at no provocation by Ukraine. I think the concern regarding a third world war has no substance to it and is unlikely to lead to a major conflict, given how poorly Russia has performed in Ukraine and how ill equipped and ill trained their military is. They are barely a threat to Ukraine, so they are certainly not a threat to the US or NATO. This was further demonstrated by how easily Wagner advanced on Moscow and how the Russian public cheered them on during their advance.

 @9FLTVV5 from Idaho disagreed…6mos6MO

Having Ukraine join NATO will make Russia reconsider their attacks as they are no longer attacking one single nation, they are attacking an alliance and therefore the fault of WW3 would be on them.

 @9FJFPRC from Oregon disagreed…6mos6MO

Russia is aware their military cannot stand up to NATO. Russia could be given an ultimatum to retreat and restore pre-2014 borders within a certain period of time or face military intervention.

 @9FY5J35from Maine disagreed…6mos6MO

The real question is whether you see any strike on Ukraine as a new, separate attack or rather as the continuation of the attack from the 24th of February 2022.

In the latter case, which makes more sense, Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty would only be triggered if a third party entered the war on the side of Russia. Continuing attacks from Russia wouldn't trigger collective defence of NATO since when Ukraine was attacked it wasn't part of NATO, yet.

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