Russia has invaded Ukraine. If you were the US President how do you respond?

photofinish wrote:

Putin went for it knowing that Obama is weak. The end result will be war with little to no US involvement.

So, you simply repeat your mantra without addressing the OP's question in any way. Talk about weak!

Putin is smart. there is enough russian support from the people in Ukraine that he can say his troops are there to ensure the peace in a time of chaos.

The real reason he wants to control ukraine if not take it back entirely is because he wants to sell europe his natural gas. russia has half the population of the united states. his economy is heavily dependent on mineral and energy exports. if he can control the gas pipelines into europe it will mean more money for russia. he is not interested in war but rather what every leader since the beginning of time has wanted. wealth and power.

K5 wrote:

No - Obama is the clueless Neville Chamberlain

So can you explain the Bush policy in Chechnya.

oh, my solution... NATO

I would respond by invading portions of Mexico and Canada; start with Baja California and Vancouver.

R2D3 wrote:

America would lose a war with Russia.

No.

gn1tmac wrote:

oh, my solution... NATO

NATO minus Germany, France, Poland, Italy, Spain, Canada, Belgium, The Netherlands, Greece, Scandinavia, Turkey, Czech Republic, Albania, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Iceland, Portugal, Slovenia etc.

In other words, the US, UK, possibly with Spain and Croatia.

you dont

So no real answers going into page 2.

R2D3 wrote:

America would lose a war with Russia.

Obama-led America would lose war with Russia.

The first thing I would do is talk to our allies and get a feel collectively what's the best course of action. Without knowing how countries like GB, France, and others feel about these developements then we're all just guessing.

On one hand we cant sit idly by and let Russia take over the Ukraine and do as it pleases. On the other hand we do not want to get into another war, especially with Russia, and certainly not alone.

So I would gage consensus of our allies first, then go from there.

The Crimea is pretty Russian. Anybody notice?

If I was a smart president I would strike wih limited duration and scope as a last resort. If I was Reagan I would ignore it and give guns to the Taliban

photofinish wrote:

Putin went for it knowing that Obama is weak. The end result will be war with little to no US involvement.

Good! Not that there could/will be war, but good that we will stay out of it. Iraq and Afghanistan will cost us $6 Trillion by the time it's all said and done, and we're certainly not getting our money's worth. Trying to police the world only makes more people hate us.

$6-trillion

K5 wrote:

agterwes wrote:

So Putin is Hitler? WTF?

No - Obama is the clueless Neville Chamberlain

So says the guy with zero demonstrated knowledge of foreign policy.

The US could smash the price of commodities. Russia would starve.

Well I got the usual "Obama is weak, Reagan is awesome" posts but no real feedback on what Reagan or a strong President would do.

K5 wrote:

R2D3 wrote:

America would lose a war with Russia.

Obama-led America would lose war with Russia.

The US would lose under any President.

Russia has 3.2 million trained armed forces personnel and could probably mobilize 10 times that. The US could practically deploy what, half a million? Germany threw 3.5 million at the Russians, expecting to win easily. The Russians kicked their butts, with a much inferior army, as they did Napoleon.

No European country would provide bases or refueling facilities for US aircraft for fear of aggravating Russia.

The US would have no support from the Russian locals, as we did in Afghanistan and Iraq. Even the women and children would fight.

Putin would have no hesitation in using nuclear weapons, if it looked like Russian would lose.

mistaken identity wrote:

Well I got the usual "Obama is weak, Reagan is awesome" posts but no real feedback on what Reagan or a strong President would do.

I honestly believe Obama was high and passed out when Benghazi happened. He missed National Security meetings recently. I really think he may be back on coke and Biden should be in charge. Yikes - I actually said Biden should be in charge.