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Originally Posted by qwe
Problem is Ukraine is not Georgia, Ukraine got 40+mill people, there could of been a huge escalation with a direct support from US+NATO.
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You are wrong here. Georgia in 2008 was equipped with the newest US weapon and trained by the US instructors. The Russian army in 2008 has almost no professionals. Today the Ukrainian army is much weaker than Georgian one was back in 2008 (old weapon, luck of pros etc). In the same time, Russia has changed its military doctrine and focused on hybrid war tactics. Find more here:
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2015/02...already-at-war (a 100,000 high professional troops is enough for any local conflict).
As about the Ukrainians. Yes, it's a big country but not many are willing to fight and die for Poroshenko. A typical story for you:
https://translate.google.com/transla...F&edi t-text= - you may consider this Ukrainian citizen a "ruskie rebel" from now.
As about the escalation. The USA will never send its troops to die in the Russian zone of influence. Their president will be kicked off White House just immediately. They are unable to deal with ISIS, so there could be no talks about some kind of any direct support to the Ukrainian army. It will be a suicide for Obama and 1000's of coffins for American families.